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Raquel Blandon, Gray Brakke, Eduardo Carmelo Danobeytia, Joshua Glasser, Amelia Visnauskas, May 2017. "Pineta Sacchetti: a village without a name." Neighborhood Report.  Rome Neighborhood Workshop. Cornell University.

This study explores how an unplanned peripheral neighborhood in Rome is age friendly despite lack of good planning.  Through photovoice with children and surveys of seniors a strong sense of neighborhood identity is found, illustrating invisible social assets which help make the neighborhood a good place to live.

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Subject: Planning