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Energy supply, thermodynamics and territorial processes as a new paradigm of sustainability in planning science and practice
No full textDespite numerous studies on urban resilience, few practical applications
of spatial explicit and quantitative resilience indicators in green infrastructure planning
are present in literature. This paper presents a methodological framework to
assess the hydrological resilience of an urban context employing modelling approach.
The proposed resilience index is then used to support the definition of nature-based
and engineered solutions aimed to increase resilience to floods as well as to enhance
the green infrastructure multi-functionality in a densely populated district of Bari.
The paper aims then to contribute to the introduction of resilience assessment and sustainable
storm water management in practice urban planning in a context of climate
adaptation plans
Take advantage of the black swan to improve the urban environment
No full textThe outbreak of the Covid-19 virus for all humanity is a typical example of the birth of the black swan, a
metaphor that indicates an unpredictable crisis event, because its very low probability. Statistics and
probability theory teache that any deterministic hypothesis of forecasting this type of event is a chimera.
More concretely, it is necessary to pay attention to the robustness of the socio-ecosystem, with respect to
any crisis advent, not the pursuit of the specific black swan, which, by the way, takes different forms: from
financial perfect storms to pandemics, to the unpredictable effects of climate change etc.. The paper refers
to the health risk investigating the process of Urban Heat Island (UHI) which is a cause of health risk and
of the increase in air pollution hazard. At the moment, there is a debate about the link between air pollution
and Covid-19 diffusion, but, in any case, the precautionary principle pushes to take the opportunity of the
crisis for a more sustainable city in terms air quality and citizen wellness. This paper presents a simple
method to spatially classify areas of the city with different UHI-air pollution hazard, according to their
morphology and land use. The possible employment of a such approach for planning has been discussed,
to potentially pursue mitigation of the whole supply chain of urban climate-pollution-virus diffusion
Simulating Brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) dispersion: a tool for wildlife management of wide areas. Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Reducing urban entropy employing nature-based solutions: The case of urban stormwater management
No full textDespite numerous studies on urban resilience, few practical applications
of spatial explicit and quantitative resilience indicators in green infrastructure planning
are present in literature. This paper presents a methodological framework to
assess the hydrological resilience of an urban context employing modelling approach.
The proposed resilience index is then used to support the definition of nature-based
and engineered solutions aimed to increase resilience to floods as well as to enhance
the green infrastructure multi-functionality in a densely populated district of Bari.
The paper aims then to contribute to the introduction of resilience assessment and sustainable
storm water management in practice urban planning in a context of climate
adaptation plans
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