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Historical water mills in Umbria can be regenerated as multifunctional territorial infrastructures that integrate cultural, economic, social, and tourism functions into contemporary heritage management and planning strategies. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the potential of historic water mills in Umbria as multifunctional territorial nodes and establish an analytical framework for their structural and functional regeneration.

August 22, 2026Built HeritageOpen Access

Water mills as territorial infrastructures in Umbria (Central Italy): towards an analytical framework for multifunctional regeneration

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FFFabio FatichentiUniversity of Perugia

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Case-study analysis demonstrates the multifunctional regeneration potential of historic water mills in Umbria, highlighting models to integrate hydraulic heritage into contemporary territorial...

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To evaluate the potential of historic water mills in Umbria as multifunctional territorial nodes and establish an analytical framework for their structural and functional regeneration.
Conducted a case-study analysis of selected historic water mills across Umbria, Central Italy.
Assessed historical-architectural elements and their integration with cultural, landscape, economic, social, productive, and educational functions in contemporary planning contexts.
Identified paradigmatic models for structural renewal and functional refunctionalisation of hydraulic heritage assets.
Established an analytical framework positioning water mills as active territorial infrastructures to guide modern regional planning and heritage management.

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Fabio Fatichenti (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89600eca7ade938187f19a https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-026-00296-2

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Case-study analysis demonstrates the multifunctional regeneration potential of historic water mills in Umbria, highlighting models to integrate hydraulic heritage into contemporary territorial...

Water mills as territorial infrastructures in Umbria (Central Italy): towards an analytical framework for multifunctional regeneration

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Water mills as territorial infrastructures in Umbria (Central Italy): towards an analytical framework for multifunctional regeneration

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