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<jats:p>Abstract. This study is based on amenity migration as theoretical concept and thus on the assumption that new in-migration improves the appearance, resilience and socioeconomic situation of remote alpine regions. Current revitalisation processes in Friulian alpine villages, having become sparsely inhabited or indeed real ghost villages, are particularly suitable for such studies. The research builds on the one hand on analysis of the
current state of the art as well as on analyses of official statistical
data. It is on the other hand derived from own surveys in the course of
investigative visits to a large part of the Friulian ghost towns. In these
remote areas locals and newcomers were interviewed personally. The results
show that newcomers bring innovation and new impulses in agriculture,
tourism, artistic and cultural sphere and play a key role in renovating
existing buildings, reusing fallow plots of land and establishing a creative dynamic. Their activities increasingly enable the regeneration and
maintenance of alpine cultural landscapes, resulting in new social and
agrarian structures, which are emerging as „new farming“ in the study area. The village of Dordolla in Val Aupa has recently established itself as a centre of innovation in the Friulian mountains. The influx of new pioneers and their achievements are also evident in the rest of the valley. The regeneration processes analyzed in the study area could also be transferred to other remaining partially abandoned settlements in Friuli. The motivations, solutions and ways of thinking of new pioneers combined with the increasingly positive connotations of such areas make the regeneration of the cultural landscape and potential repopulation in other isolated areas by no means unrealistic.
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