Cremonini, L.; Georgiadis, T.; Nardino, M.; Rossi, F.; Rossi, A.; Pinca, G.; Fazzini, M. Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction. Challenges2023, 14, 48.
Cremonini, L.; Georgiadis, T.; Nardino, M.; Rossi, F.; Rossi, A.; Pinca, G.; Fazzini, M. Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction. Challenges 2023, 14, 48.
Cremonini, L.; Georgiadis, T.; Nardino, M.; Rossi, F.; Rossi, A.; Pinca, G.; Fazzini, M. Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction. Challenges2023, 14, 48.
Cremonini, L.; Georgiadis, T.; Nardino, M.; Rossi, F.; Rossi, A.; Pinca, G.; Fazzini, M. Tools for Urban Climate Adaptation Plans: A Case Study on Bologna and Outcomes for Heat Wave Impact Reduction. Challenges 2023, 14, 48.
Abstract
The public administrations (PAs) that have joined the Covenant of Mayors must now complete their adaptation plans with the climate chapter (SECAP). At the same time, the previous Plan for sustainable energy (SEAP) was mainly dedicated to mitigation actions (sustainable energy). It was often managed directly by municipalities' in-house energy companies or agencies. The WMO1234 Recommendation (Guidance on Integrated Urban Hydrometeorological, Climate and Environmental Services) is a fundamental Guidance to allow PAs to make policies and decisions regarding city regeneration and population health prevention. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe a process undertaken in the Emilia-Romagna region to build a coherent frame from the individuation of local environmental vulnerabilities and adopt specific policies. This frame was created by the contribution of various Institutions, including the Regional Authority, which furnished the main directives and tools for the mitigation and adaptation, the Municipality of Bologna, which prepared the first Adaptation Plan following the SECAP guidance, the Emilia-Romagna branch of Italian Association of Municipalities (ANCI), which took in charge the approach to harmonize different urban contexts and to communicate with stakeholders and population, and Research Institutes and Scientific Associations to explore, with specific studies and modeling application, the outcomes produced by a joint support to the new urban directives, such as the General Urban Planning Plan (PUG). To achieve this result, the WMO Guidance 1234 has been assumed as a reference methodology to ensure the best utilization of available data and widespread a common science-based methodological approach to other municipalities.
Keywords
adaptation; climate change; urban vulnerabilities; population health; resilience; urban regeneration; social acceptance
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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