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Una necesaria visión postulada de una planificación en tiempos de incertidumbre no debería, en absoluto, ser percibida como nueva. Es más, incluso puede datarse con extrema precisión un momento fundacional, casi al minuto, de un cambio de paradigma. En efecto, entre las 9:30 y las 9:40 horas del 1 de noviembre de 1755 tuvo lugar un terremoto cuya intensidad se estima en 8,4 en la escala actual con epicentro en algún punto del Atlántico a más de doscientos kilómetros al suroeste de la Península Ibérica. El terremoto, y correspondiente tsunami, dejó huellas aún rastreables en Portugal y el oeste de España, pero tuvo impacto en todo el arco atlántico. En Lisboa, además de dichos terremoto y tsunami, un colosal incendio prácticamente destruyó la ciudad, dejando además decenas de miles de víctimas mortales. Sin duda no fue la primera gran catástrofe de la historia, y sabemos por experiencia que tampoco la última; ni siquiera, aunque devastadora, la más significativa. ¿Por qué, entonces, destacamos aquí su carácter fundacional? Porque el gran terremoto de Lisboa supone un cambio copernicano en la percepción social de dichos eventos. Estamos, no olvidemos, en la era de la Razón en todo occidente, en plena época pombalina en el caso de Portugal. Un evento de estas características no podía pasar desapercibido al mundo; sobre todo porque antes de esta época casi cualquier catástrofe era directamente percibida como resultado de un designio divino, contra el que nada nos estaba permitido hacer a los humanos. Pero a partir de aquí las cosas van a cambiar. Casi de inmediato, en 1756, apareció en Francia un opúsculo titulado Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, firmada por un anónimo M. De V***. El (poco sutil) enmascaramiento de la autoría se debe a su contenido polémico, una crítica despiadada al fatalismo de raíz cristiana y a las nefastas consecuencias del mismo, y en absoluto permite ocultar la personalidad de quien lo escribe, el influyente filósofo ilustrado Voltaire, que retomará el tema en una de sus obras maestras, Candide, ou L’optimisme; nada más oportuno que ligar la idea de candidez, u optimismo inconsciente, a la percepción ignorante de un evento devastador y asunción de la idea de que nada cabe ante la voluntad divina.
Javier Ruiz Sánchez; Francesco Musco. Incertidumbre. Planificar en marcos de incertidumbre / habitar en tiempos de incertidumbre. Revista INVI 2021, 36, 1 -6.
AMA StyleJavier Ruiz Sánchez, Francesco Musco. Incertidumbre. Planificar en marcos de incertidumbre / habitar en tiempos de incertidumbre. Revista INVI. 2021; 36 (101):1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJavier Ruiz Sánchez; Francesco Musco. 2021. "Incertidumbre. Planificar en marcos de incertidumbre / habitar en tiempos de incertidumbre." Revista INVI 36, no. 101: 1-6.
Climate change risk reduction requires cities to undertake urgent decisions. One of the principal obstacles that hinders effective decision making is insufficient spatial knowledge frameworks. Cities climate adaptation planning must become strategic to rethink and transform urban fabrics holistically. Contemporary urban planning should merge future threats with older and unsolved criticalities, like social inequities, urban conflicts and “drosscapes”. Retrofitting planning processes and redefining urban objectives requires the development of innovative spatial information frameworks. This paper proposes a combination of approaches to overcome knowledge production limits and to support climate adaptation planning. The research was undertaken in collaboration with the Metropolitan City of Venice and the Municipality of Venice, and required the production of a multi-risk climate atlas to support their future spatial planning efforts. The developed tool is a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS), which aids adaptation actions and the coordination of strategies. The model recognises and assesses two climate impacts: Urban Heat Island and Flooding, representing the Metropolitan City of Venice (CMVE) as a case study in complexity. The model is composed from multiple assessment methodologies and maps both vulnerability and risk. The atlas links the morphological and functional conditions of urban fabrics and land use that triggers climate impacts. The atlas takes the exposure assessment of urban assets into account, using this parameter to describe local economies and social services, and map the uneven distribution of impacts. The resulting tool is therefore a replicable and scalable mapping assessment able to mediate between metropolitan and local level planning systems.
Denis Maragno; Carlo Dall’Omo; Gianfranco Pozzer; Francesco Musco. Multi-Risk Climate Mapping for the Adaptation of the Venice Metropolitan Area. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1334 .
AMA StyleDenis Maragno, Carlo Dall’Omo, Gianfranco Pozzer, Francesco Musco. Multi-Risk Climate Mapping for the Adaptation of the Venice Metropolitan Area. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1334.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDenis Maragno; Carlo Dall’Omo; Gianfranco Pozzer; Francesco Musco. 2021. "Multi-Risk Climate Mapping for the Adaptation of the Venice Metropolitan Area." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1334.
Climate change is a global phenomenon that poses local risks to sectors across society and the economy. All these growing risks have led the Municipality of San Donà di Piave—located within the Metropolitan City of Venice (CMVe)—to strengthen, over the years, its commitment to the adaptation to climate change in its plans and policies. Nature-based solutions can offer a perfect example of sustainable solutions to cope with climate change mitigation and adaptation challenges. In this context, thanks to the support of the LIFE Master Adapt project, San Donà di Piave, applying its methodologies and creating new territorial information, was able to insert, within its Action Plan for Sustainable Energy and Climate (SECAP), important and structural Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) for the entire municipal area. This experience demonstrates how this process of mainstreaming adaptation actions and NBSs is possible at all levels of government of the territory. It also highlights the virtuosity of replicability in other contexts of the CMVe and the transition from theoretical concepts to concrete actions (NBSs) for adaptation into existing plans. This process happened with a climate-proof modification of the existing planning attitude, whether mandatory or voluntary.
Filippo Magni; Francesco Musco; Giovanni Litt; Giovanni Carraretto. The Mainstreaming of NBS in the SECAP of San Donà di Piave: The LIFE Master Adapt Methodology. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10080 .
AMA StyleFilippo Magni, Francesco Musco, Giovanni Litt, Giovanni Carraretto. The Mainstreaming of NBS in the SECAP of San Donà di Piave: The LIFE Master Adapt Methodology. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):10080.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFilippo Magni; Francesco Musco; Giovanni Litt; Giovanni Carraretto. 2020. "The Mainstreaming of NBS in the SECAP of San Donà di Piave: The LIFE Master Adapt Methodology." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 10080.
Land–sea 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–sea 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 “wicked” 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.
Denis Maragno; Carlo Federico Dall’Omo; Gianfranco Pozzer; Niccolò Bassan; Francesco Musco. Land–Sea Interaction: Integrating Climate Adaptation Planning and Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Adriatic Basin. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5319 .
AMA StyleDenis Maragno, Carlo Federico Dall’Omo, Gianfranco Pozzer, Niccolò Bassan, Francesco Musco. Land–Sea Interaction: Integrating Climate Adaptation Planning and Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Adriatic Basin. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (13):5319.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDenis Maragno; Carlo Federico Dall’Omo; Gianfranco Pozzer; Niccolò Bassan; Francesco Musco. 2020. "Land–Sea Interaction: Integrating Climate Adaptation Planning and Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Adriatic Basin." Sustainability 12, no. 13: 5319.
The contribution presents a possible assessment methodology for land cover change over ice and snow, between 1990 and 2018 in the Dolomites and the Alpi Giulie. The methodology aims to build surface atlas to assess the land cover changes. The tool is intended as a support for environmental management, forecasting and, as support for territorial government systems in climate-proof planning processes. In the “business as usual” global warming scenario, ice and snow resources will become one of the most affected subjects by Climate Change, with heavy consequences on ecosystems, urban environments and socioeconomic. Current monitoring and assessment systems are fragmented both by survey methodology and by local distribution. The methodology is developed in using GIS, following remote sensing (RS) processes and spatial analysis tools to manage multispectral satellite images. The process uses spectral signatures from satellite images to identify homogeneous areas in material and morphology. The process takes into account the actual systems of assessment and local socioeconomic exposures. The methodology takes a proactive approach to future hazards and impacts considering their management in alpine habitats to support local administrations. The project develops transboundary assessment techniques and aids the adaptation of planning strategies in the context of Climate Change.
Denis Maragno; Carlo Federico Dall'omo; Francesco Ruzzante; Francesco Musco. Toward a trans-regional vulnerability assessment for Alps. A methodological approach to land cover changes over alpine landscapes, supporting urban adaptation. Urban Climate 2020, 32, 100622 .
AMA StyleDenis Maragno, Carlo Federico Dall'omo, Francesco Ruzzante, Francesco Musco. Toward a trans-regional vulnerability assessment for Alps. A methodological approach to land cover changes over alpine landscapes, supporting urban adaptation. Urban Climate. 2020; 32 ():100622.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDenis Maragno; Carlo Federico Dall'omo; Francesco Ruzzante; Francesco Musco. 2020. "Toward a trans-regional vulnerability assessment for Alps. A methodological approach to land cover changes over alpine landscapes, supporting urban adaptation." Urban Climate 32, no. : 100622.
Climate change is one of the most complex issues of the 21st century, and even though there is general consensus about the urgency of taking action at the city level, the planning and implementation of adaptation measures is advancing slowly. The lack of data and information to support the planning process is often mentioned as a factor hampering the adaptation processes in cities. In this paper, we developed and tested a methodology for heat stress vulnerability and risk assessment at the neighborhood scale to support designers, planners, and decision makers in developing and implementing adaptation strategies and measures at the local level. The methodology combines high-resolution spatial information and crowdsourcing geospatial data to develop sensitivity, adaptive capacity, vulnerability, exposure, and risk indicators. The methodology is then tested on the urban fabric of the city of Padova, Italy. Our results show that different vulnerability and risk values correspond to different typologies of urban areas. Furthermore, the possibility of combining high-resolution information provided by the indicators and land use categories is of great importance to support the adaptation planning process. We also argue that the methodology is flexible enough to be applied in different contexts.
Denis Maragno; Michele Dalla Fontana; Francesco Musco. Mapping Heat Stress Vulnerability and Risk Assessment at the Neighborhood Scale to Drive Urban Adaptation Planning. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1056 .
AMA StyleDenis Maragno, Michele Dalla Fontana, Francesco Musco. Mapping Heat Stress Vulnerability and Risk Assessment at the Neighborhood Scale to Drive Urban Adaptation Planning. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):1056.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDenis Maragno; Michele Dalla Fontana; Francesco Musco. 2020. "Mapping Heat Stress Vulnerability and Risk Assessment at the Neighborhood Scale to Drive Urban Adaptation Planning." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 1056.
Circular economy and urban metabolism concepts have recently received great attention both in the political and academic arenas, starting a roll-over process of the “take, make, and dispose” dominant economic model that is leading to an ongoing increase of resource consumption and waste generation. However, there is a relative lack of guidelines for introducing such concepts in a decision-making process able to support the design of appropriate policies and strategies and the definition of specific actions to cope with such challenges. This paper attempts to contribute to the recent efforts at incorporating these concepts in policy and decision-making processes by providing a methodology for the development of strategic plans for waste prevention and resource management. The proposed methodology, developed within the Urban_WINS project, combines different quantitative–analytical and qualitative methods and tools, together with a participatory process. The methodology was tested in eight EU cities and allowed to formulate several measures and actions aimed at addressing the challenges posed by the current consumption patterns. Moreover, the participatory approach led to the legitimization of the strategic plans, as well as to raise awareness among stakeholders. Although it might require specific tailor-made adjustments, this methodology is suitable to be replicated in other contexts.
Davide Longato; Giulia Lucertini; Michele Dalla Fontana; Francesco Musco. Including Urban Metabolism Principles in Decision-Making: A Methodology for Planning Waste and Resource Management. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2101 .
AMA StyleDavide Longato, Giulia Lucertini, Michele Dalla Fontana, Francesco Musco. Including Urban Metabolism Principles in Decision-Making: A Methodology for Planning Waste and Resource Management. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):2101.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Longato; Giulia Lucertini; Michele Dalla Fontana; Francesco Musco. 2019. "Including Urban Metabolism Principles in Decision-Making: A Methodology for Planning Waste and Resource Management." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2101.
Climate Action Planning is one of the top priorities of cities in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthening climate-resilience, as pointed out by the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement. This study aims at assessing the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation planning in Italian cities. To this end, we analysed the availability of Local Climate Plans (LCPs) in 76 cities, which are included in the Eurostat Urban Audit (UA-2015) database. In a further step, we analysed the content of the urban climate change mitigation and adaptation plans available in a smaller sample of 32 Italian cities of 2007 Eurostat Urban Audit database (UA-3), looking at the single actions undertaken for addressing mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Results show the almost total absence of comprehensive and stand-alone urban climate change adaptation plans in Italy (except for two cities, Ancona and Bologna), whereas we found that in 61 out of 76 cities municipal civil protection plans are the instruments that deal with local emergencies associated to extreme weather events. On the other hand, 56 out of 76 urban climate change mitigation plans (i.e. Sustainable Energy Action Plans) are being developed in the framework of the Covenant of Mayors, which is a transnational network of local governments created by the European Union (EU) in 2012. The results obtained on the mitigation side point out that, in absence of a national law that imposes Italian cities to develop LCPs, transnational networks are an effective boost to voluntary commitment to reach EU climate and energy objectives.
Filomena Pietrapertosa; Monica Salvia; Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado; Valentina D'Alonzo; Jon Marco Church; Davide Geneletti; Francesco Musco; Diana Reckien. Urban climate change mitigation and adaptation planning: Are Italian cities ready? Cities 2018, 91, 93 -105.
AMA StyleFilomena Pietrapertosa, Monica Salvia, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado, Valentina D'Alonzo, Jon Marco Church, Davide Geneletti, Francesco Musco, Diana Reckien. Urban climate change mitigation and adaptation planning: Are Italian cities ready? Cities. 2018; 91 ():93-105.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFilomena Pietrapertosa; Monica Salvia; Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado; Valentina D'Alonzo; Jon Marco Church; Davide Geneletti; Francesco Musco; Diana Reckien. 2018. "Urban climate change mitigation and adaptation planning: Are Italian cities ready?" Cities 91, no. : 93-105.
Sustainable Development (SD) is a fundamental objective in the European Union (EU) and transport is considered one of the key challenges necessary to achieve it. Although transport is mostly contested from the environmental dimension, an investigation of peer-reviewed literature along with EU policy documents suggests that the transport and accessibility (T&A) criteria of infrastructure, accessibility distance, and multimodality can positively contribute to SD. However, despite this synergetic relation between T&A and SD, a practical analysis of such enablers is unknown at the regional European level. Therefore, this study investigates the Mediterranean as a study area by analyzing 79 identified passenger ports as passenger transport land-sea interaction points. Based on open access data, port infrastructure and ship accessibility, hinterland accessibility, and multimodality are evaluated as the passenger T&A enablers for SD. Comparative geo-spatial analyses are also carried out among the passenger ports’ levels of enablers by using the data normalization method. These data driven comprehensive analytical results can bring added value to SD policy and planning initiatives in the Mediterranean. This study may also contribute to the development of relevant passenger port performance indicators for boosting port or regional competition and attractiveness towards SD.
Nazmus Sakib; Federica Appiotti; Filippo Magni; Denis Maragno; Alberto Innocenti; Elena Gissi; Francesco Musco. Addressing the Passenger Transport and Accessibility Enablers for Sustainable Development. Sustainability 2018, 10, 903 .
AMA StyleNazmus Sakib, Federica Appiotti, Filippo Magni, Denis Maragno, Alberto Innocenti, Elena Gissi, Francesco Musco. Addressing the Passenger Transport and Accessibility Enablers for Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):903.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNazmus Sakib; Federica Appiotti; Filippo Magni; Denis Maragno; Alberto Innocenti; Elena Gissi; Francesco Musco. 2018. "Addressing the Passenger Transport and Accessibility Enablers for Sustainable Development." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 903.
Elaborating solutions to counteract UHI effects can represents a relevant challenge for spatial planning and urban design. A specific experimentation has been developed on the city of Padua, analysing different scenarios of urban warming and using specific monitoring tools (Lidar/aerial survey) to define a DIM (Digital Surface Models) providing local situation in terms of green quality and extension, solar incidence/radiation, sky view factors, building materials. This chapter reconstruct the methodology followed during the survey and the elaboration of specific solutions to counteract UHI accordingly different scenarios.
Francesco Musco; Laura Fregolent; Davide Ferro; Filippo Magni; Denis Maragno; Davide Martinucci; Giuliana Fornaciari. Mitigation of and Adaptation to UHI Phenomena: The Padua Case Study. Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario 2016, 221 -256.
AMA StyleFrancesco Musco, Laura Fregolent, Davide Ferro, Filippo Magni, Denis Maragno, Davide Martinucci, Giuliana Fornaciari. Mitigation of and Adaptation to UHI Phenomena: The Padua Case Study. Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario. 2016; ():221-256.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Musco; Laura Fregolent; Davide Ferro; Filippo Magni; Denis Maragno; Davide Martinucci; Giuliana Fornaciari. 2016. "Mitigation of and Adaptation to UHI Phenomena: The Padua Case Study." Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario , no. : 221-256.