Supporting metropolitan Venice coastline climate adaptation. A multi-vulnerability and exposure assessment approach

Urban planning for adaptation to climate change privileges the construction of cognitive frameworks developed through the use of new spatial technologies and open-source databases. The significant and most highly innovative aspect concerns how resilience to CC under conditions of vulnerability and risk is defined, monitored and assessed. Based on these premises, this paper aims to explore a new methodology of climate vulnerability, exposure and risk analysis through multicriteria assessment techniques by activating a case study in the coastal municipality of Jesolo (Italy). Taking into consideration three main weather-climate impacts (Urban Flooding, Coastal Flooding and Urban Heat Island) the methodology searches for the best geo-referenced data that can best describe the recognizing impact of the cumulative impact condition through testing a GIS-based multi-attribute exploratory procedure. Intersectoral and multilevel vulnerability conditions at different spatial scales are configured. The analysis methodology continues using open source data (from Open Street Map) to construct local exposure information layers. Exposure combined with spatial vulnerability conditions allows the generation of multi-hazard mapping. Experimentation with multi-hazard climate-oriented spatial assessment can guide planning and public decision-making in new policy domains and target mitigation and adaptation actions in land planning, management and regulation practices. Finally, the proposed methodology can activate stakeholder engagement processes within municipalities to discuss the actual perceived risk and begin a collaborative journey with citizens to identify best practices and solutions to adopt in the areas indicated by the risk mapping

Toward a trans-regional vulnerability assessment for Alps. A methodological approach to land cover changes over alpine landscapes, supporting urban adaptation

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Towards the Implementation of Climate Adaptation Planning: Approaching the Case Study of the North Adriatic Sea Through Four Research Paper.

The effects of Climate Change (CC) are radically altering the way in which we experience our planet, changing individual and collective security perceptions of our habitat. Much has been done, from international climate agreements to local actions. However, it emerges how preponderant is the approach related to mitigation, which means reducing those factors that cause global warming, and how little adaptation to climate change impacts is yet systematic. Urban planning and architecture play a central role in this phase of reinterpreting our habitat. Climate Adaptation Planning (CAP) could thus be the effective response we have to deal with climate-related disasters or losses of land and economic resources. At the same time, the old conflicts of cities persist, and new ones emerge, overlapping and exacerbated by CC. Again, design disciplines started formulating new ways of making planning, oriented toward specific and sectoral solutions. The thesis argued in this dissertation is that CAP can be a valuable coordination approach between sectoral plannings, suggesting that climate impacts management can globally support more efficient and effective use of planning resources. The dissertation explores the interaction between CAP and 4 planning approaches: Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), Alpine Space Planning (ASP), Metropolitan Multi-Risk Planning (MMP), and Resilience Decision Planning (RDP). The dissertation is based on four research papers published during the doctoral track, each associated with one of the interactions between CAP and planning models. The goal of the dissertation is to suggest how this research process can be expanded and effectively operationalized by testing the interaction versatility between different planning disciplines. The four papers and dissertation focus on the case study of the Northern Adriatic, one of the main seas in the Euro-Mediterranean system by addressing the spatial dimension of the investigation through ICT modelling tools. Collective findings from the research highlight the need for a coordinated interaction among advanced planning approaches and that CAP can be the core answer to fill this gap. The dissertation is consciously oriented toward the funding horizons available for action against CC and for supporting new models of sustainable growth and aims to focus on what may be possible outputs for CAP implementation.The effects of Climate Change (CC) are radically altering the way in which we experience our planet, changing individual and collective security perceptions of our habitat. Much has been done, from international climate agreements to local actions. However, it emerges how preponderant is the approach related to mitigation, which means reducing those factors that cause global warming, and how little adaptation to climate change impacts is yet systematic. Urban planning and architecture play a central role in this phase of reinterpreting our habitat. Climate Adaptation Planning (CAP) could thus be the effective response we have to deal with climate-related disasters or losses of land and economic resources. At the same time, the old conflicts of cities persist, and new ones emerge, overlapping and exacerbated by CC. Again, design disciplines started formulating new ways of making planning, oriented toward specific and sectoral solutions. The thesis argued in this dissertation is that CAP can be a valuable coordination approach between sectoral plannings, suggesting that climate impacts management can globally support more efficient and effective use of planning resources. The dissertation explores the interaction between CAP and 4 planning approaches: Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), Alpine Space Planning (ASP), Metropolitan Multi-Risk Planning (MMP), and Resilience Decision Planning (RDP). The dissertation is based on four research papers published during the doctoral track, each associated with one of the interactions between CAP and planning models. The goal of the dissertation is to suggest how this research process can be expanded and effectively operationalized by testing the interaction versatility between different planning disciplines. The four papers and dissertation focus on the case study of the Northern Adriatic, one of the main seas in the Euro-Mediterranean system by addressing the spatial dimension of the investigation through ICT modelling tools. Collective findings from the research highlight the need for a coordinated interaction among advanced planning approaches and that CAP can be the core answer to fill this gap. The dissertation is consciously oriented toward the funding horizons available for action against CC and for supporting new models of sustainable growth and aims to focus on what may be possible outputs for CAP implementation

Ritorno a un sincretismo foriero : verso un portolano adriatico

Lo strumento del portolano sembra il più idoneo a raccontare fenomeni e luoghi che funzionano da punti nave nel leggere la rotta incerta del Mediterraneo. Il contributo ha l’obiettivo di proporre un portolano formato da diversi casi studio la cui somma vorrebbe dimostrare come alcuni processi testimonino che alcuni territori tornino a paradigmi e pratiche di sincretismo mediterraneo in cui i fenomeni di evoluzione della città e delle comunità hanno come esito una rilettura, un riuso e una ricolonizzazione di spazi urbani e di paesaggi

Land\u2013Sea Interaction: Integrating Climate Adaptation Planning and Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Adriatic Basin

Land\u2013sea interaction dynamics are physiologically regulated by an exchange of matter (and energy) between the anthropic system and the natural environment. Therefore, the appropriate management of land\u2013sea interaction (LSI)contexts should base on those planning approaches which can holistically support coastal development, such as Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Climate Adaptation Planning (CAP). One of the main limiting factors for this integration is the fragmentation of existing databases and information sources, which compose the territorial knowledge framework. Investigations have sought to address the representation and assessment of \u201cwicked\u201d and interconnected coastal problems. The present research focuses on the production of the necessary information to fill sectorial knowledge gaps and to merge the available data into a single framework. The research methodology is based on remote sensing assessment techniques and is designed to be replicated in other coastal areas to integrate CAP and MSP. The output maps are a result of the empirical application of the integration of the assessment techniques and are meant to support local decision-making processes. The result aims at illustrating and highlighting the relationships between climate change impact vulnerabilities their spatial relation to marine resources and maritime activities. This can support effective actions aimed at environmental and urban protection, the organization of the uses of the sea and adaptation to climate impacts. The application of the assessment techniques is developed on a case study in the north Adriatic Basin. The Gulf of Trieste constitutes a representative case study for the Mediterranean Basin due to its transboundary nature. The relationship and the ongoing projects between Slovenia and Italy make the case study an interesting context in which to test and train the proposed integrated planning approach. Therefore, the study investigates local vulnerability to climate impacts, i.e., Urban Heat Island (UHI) and urban runoff, and the existing relationship between the urban fabrics and the marine environment