Social Street Phenomenon: an innovative answer to sociality need and urban regeneration

This abstract is based on the result of a 3 year research carried out by the Observatory on Social Street research group and on my ongoing doctoral research project in order to observe, analyze and check the evolution of the Social Street phenomenon. The aim of this contribution is to give a descriptive portrait of such emerging phenomenon, drawing on qualitative data gathered by empirical research. At the moment, there are more than 455 Social Street worldwide. Social Streets are defined as “streets where neighbors aim to create or re-create proximity sociality, using Facebook as communication tool” (C. Pasqualini, 2016).