Quali percorsi attrattivi e di resilienza per il futuro dei piccoli borghi? Il caso di Pietrapertosa e Castelmezzano

The concept of resilience has benefited from a great media coverage in recent years. It has become important to understand and manage the resilience in particular of vulnerable terri- tories, villages and smaller centres, depending on the different location and size. The current pandemic is causing an economic reorganization and rebalancing of the territories, after the initial period of uncertainty and fear. The purpose of the contribution is to answer to some questions; what future of recovery does the villages have in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis? What are the efficient strategies to give them a new centrality? From a methodological point of view, after an examination of the existing literature on the topic of resilience and its importance in the territorial analysis, two case studies of villages in the southern Italian area will be analysed by means of social and economic indicators, bringing out in the specific existing strategies and possible solutions to meet the needs of the immediate future and consolidate an innovative development process.