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Urban Resilience and Participation for Territory Safety from External Risks

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 3427

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ilenia Spadaro

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Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Interests: sustainability and urban planning; urban regeneration; stakeholder participation; natural and man-made risks; sustainable mobility; sustainable waste management (also in port-cities); circular cities; support and valorization of start-ups
Prof. Dr. Francesca Pirlone

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Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Interests: urban and territorial requalification; safety and security policies; sustainability criteria; sustainable mobility; sustainable waste management; sustainable and slow tourism; promotion of the local entrepreneurial spirit; enhancement of rural areas and abandoned villages

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The natural and man-made disasters that have occurred in recent years show how the resilience of a city does not depend only on the actions carried out by public authorities, but requires the joint work of all the actors who live or work in a city. Another aspect that emerged demonstrates that current instruments are not always able to plan and successfully manage the different phases that characterize risks.

This Special Issue intends to investigate the topic of risk in relation to the concept of resilience in urban and spatial planning, participatory methodologies, technologies, instruments and policies that could significantly improve future approaches to the issue of the safety, sustainability and regeneration of territory from external risks.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Land use and planning;
  • Stakeholder participation;
  • Urban resilience;
  • Urban sustainability;
  • Urban regeneration;
  • Added safety;
  • Mitigation action;
  • Natural-based solution;
  • Technologies (GIS, etc.);
  • Temporal urban planning.

Research and review articles are therefore invited for submission to this Special Issue to contribute to and highlight ongoing research, experience and strategies aimed at protecting ecosystems, improving liveability in urban areas.

Dr. Ilenia Spadaro
Prof. Dr. Francesca Pirlone
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • resilient spatial planning
  • territory safety
  • stakeholder participation
  • urban sustainable regeneration
  • new approaches and technologies

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EQ-DIRECTION Procedure towards an Improved Urban Seismic Resilience: Application to the Pilot Case Study of Sanremo Municipality
by Serena Cattari, Daria Ottonelli and Soheil Mohammadi
Sustainability 2024, 16(6), 2501; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062501 - 18 Mar 2024
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This paper discusses the critical importance of effective mitigation policies to enhance earthquake resilience in urban systems, especially in light of recent seismic events in Italy. The Italian Civil Protection Department (ICPD) has delineated specific Limit Conditions (LCs) for urban settlements, serving as [...] Read more.
This paper discusses the critical importance of effective mitigation policies to enhance earthquake resilience in urban systems, especially in light of recent seismic events in Italy. The Italian Civil Protection Department (ICPD) has delineated specific Limit Conditions (LCs) for urban settlements, serving as benchmarks for targeted mitigation policies, and akin to Limit States for buildings in Codes. While the ICPD has already developed operational procedures for some LCs, concentrating on evaluating the structural operational efficiency of strategic functions during emergency management, only a conceptual outline exists for other LCs involving preparedness and recovery/reconstruction phases. To address this gap, this paper introduces the EQ-DIRECTION (EarthQuake Disaster-REsilient City acTIOn plan) procedure. This method aims to analyze and assess the “Limit Condition for Safeguarding the Existence of the Settlement” (referred to as SLC). The procedure entails identifying the “minimum urban system” required for effective recovery and evaluating the performance of this system in terms of structural damage and economic losses against the SLC requirement. The practical application of this methodology to a real-world case study in Sanremo municipality on the western coast of Liguria (Italy) demonstrates the feasibility and potential effectiveness of the procedure for earthquake resilience in urban planning and management. Full article
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Participatory Mapping for Enhancing Flood Risk Resilient and Sustainable Urban Drainage: A Collaborative Approach for the Genoa Case Study
by Ilaria Gnecco, Francesca Pirlone, Ilenia Spadaro, Fabrizio Bruno, Maria Cristina Lobascio, Sabrina Sposito, Michele Pezzagno and Anna Palla
Sustainability 2024, 16(5), 1936; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051936 - 27 Feb 2024
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Planning for resilient cities requires an evidence-based understanding of flood risk and the involvement of stakeholders and local actors. The paper addresses research developed within the URCA!—Urban Resilience to Climate Change: to activate the participatory mapping and decision support tool for enhancing sustainable [...] Read more.
Planning for resilient cities requires an evidence-based understanding of flood risk and the involvement of stakeholders and local actors. The paper addresses research developed within the URCA!—Urban Resilience to Climate Change: to activate the participatory mapping and decision support tool for enhancing sustainable urban drainage—project. A top-down/bottom-up participatory and flexible methodology for the conception of participatory mapping aimed at the planning and installation of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) on the territory is then developed. The innovative methodology is applied and tested in the case study of the Sampierdarena district in Genoa, northern Italy. This research paper illustrates the development of a participatory map (Pmap) that can support the implementation of SUDS as mitigation/adaptation strategies, integrating technical assessment and containing community visions and expectations. Findings concerning the connections between proposed SUDS locations and their frequencies confirm the relevance of the commercial area and the main traffic lanes along, confirming that all zones characterized by intense vehicular and pedestrian flow are suitable for SUDS as a solution to contribute to urban flood resilience. The georeferenced and intergenerational Pmap may be integrated into a decision support system to be developed as a guidance tool for the public administration. Full article
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Planning for More Resilient and Safer Cities: A New Methodology for Seismic Risk Assessment at the Urban Scale, Applied to a Case Study in Italy
by Benedetta Baldassarre, Elisa Conticelli and Angela Santangelo
Sustainability 2024, 16(5), 1892; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051892 - 25 Feb 2024
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Recent seismic events and the damages related to them have highlighted the crucial role of urban planning in coping with the fragility and intrinsic vulnerability of cities. The paper presents a methodology for assessing seismic risk at an urban scale, expanding from a [...] Read more.
Recent seismic events and the damages related to them have highlighted the crucial role of urban planning in coping with the fragility and intrinsic vulnerability of cities. The paper presents a methodology for assessing seismic risk at an urban scale, expanding from a single-building investigation to an urban-scale analysis by adopting an empirical method for assessing the vulnerability of the urban fabric. Data collection and analysis have been conducted through the Geographic Information System (GIS). The methodology has been applied to the Italian city of Castelfranco Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region, where the current regional urban planning law is guiding municipalities towards the development of strategies mostly oriented toward the retrofit of the existing building stock and the overall regeneration of the urbanized territory, in accordance with the target of no net land take by 2050. The novelty of the method stands in the transposition of approaches born in the civil engineering and protection domains to the urban planning sphere, stressing the importance of developing urban planning instruments which are well-integrated with vulnerability assessments and, therefore, able to successfully incorporate risk considerations in the decision making. Full article
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