Community resilience, potential or cause of marginalisation of inland areas?1 Resilienza comunitaria, potenzialità o causa di marginalizzazione delle aree interne?

Abstract – Inner Areas have limited access to essential services and untapped de- velopment potential. Italy’s proposal for rural regeneration is the National Strategy for Inner Areas. The article investigates the critical territorial issues; the SNAI classification and the endogenous resources part of the unexpressed potential. The analysis shows how community resilience leads to a reduction in social deprivation and, consequently, to the regeneration of marginalised areas.