Smart Villages of Italy

The Valtellina region, a valley in the foothills of the Italian Alps, is facing challenges of economic degrowth and population decline. This project proposes a regional development plan to revitalize Valtellina’s local economies and develop tourism through remote work. We explore how the global trend of remote work, which has been accelerated by the pandemic, can be used as a catalyst for economic revitalization in Italy’s small towns. We are looking at ways of combining local communities with the global knowledge economy, empowered by digital connectivity. (Team: Surbhi Agrawal and Elaine Wang)