Search results for "Greenway"
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Reshaping the sea-land interface through sustainable mobility: a project for a greenway in western Sicily
2018
This work illustrates the planning experience, still underway, carried out by five municipalities of western Sicily (Italy) in the preparation of a sustainable urban development strategy in the framework of the EU’s urban agenda 2014-2020. The strategy, whose general objectives are strengthening territorial cohesion and increasing accessibility to local resources, focuses on sustainable mobility corridors in coastal areas as the instruments through which such objectives can be better achieved and reciprocally integrated. After an exploration of the literature, the article provides an analysis of the potential demand for sustainable mobility in the given urban system, an explanation of the c…
Implementing the environmental dimension of the EU’s urban agenda 2014-2020. The strategy for sustainable development in the medium-sized cities of W…
2019
This work illustrates the planning experience carried out Sustainable Urban Development (SSUD), whose general objectives are strengthening territorial cohesion and to increase accessibility to the local resources. The SSUD action plan, being funded with around 70 millions euro, through which such objectives can be better achieved and reciprocally integrated. After a brief description of the territory targeted by the concept within the broader debate on sustainable mobility. In section 3, a series of evidences are provided to identify the demand and potential for the development the fourth section, after describing the expceted results is suggested why in this area a greenway is the better s…
Palermo Blue/Green Gateway. Nove porte per la knowledge city
2015
Il saggio esplora le trasformazioni della linea di costa dell'area metropolitana di Palermo e traccia linee ed indirizzi di trasformazione legate alla rigenerazione di nove porti intesi come nuove porte di accesso alla città stessa. Il saggio presenta l'ipotesi di trasformazione e rigenerazione urbana ed architettonica che l'autore ha elaborato in occasione della candidatura di Palermo a Capitale Europea della Cultura per il 2019, in qualità di membro della cabina di regia e del coordinamento scientifico della candidatura. Lo scritto porta avanti una ipotesi teorica e di ricerca fondata sulla postproduzione urbana e architettonica e sulla knowledge city come tema trainante per la rigenerazi…
A WEB-GIS for the choice of the path in the regional greenways
2010
Tourists seem less interested in the traditional sites of mass tourism, which has damaged local identities. The tourist reclaims the old function of journey, intent on widening his knowledge of the surrounding territory, while respecting the social and cultural equality of other population. This study outlines a methodology to identify the generalized cost for a system of no-motorized transport in order to determine the modal choice of users and the route of minimum cost to reach the desired destination. Within the information users, a key role is played by telematics now widely accessible through web interfaces. With the word greenways we mean the network for the no-motorized constituted b…
A 'gateway city' between landscape and cultural heritage
2015
The paper analyzes the achievable strategic role that the porto of Porto Empedocle (sinergy by Agrigento, its "city mother") could have. This marginal city, localized in the center of the African side of the Sicily, is far from European politics, but this situation could change. It's necessary to improve the sea routes and to activate the disused railway line from Porto Empedocle to Castelvetrano (near Trapani). This solution will help the accessibility of Agrigento and the development of the little coastal towns organized in a slow and sustainable network. Lo scritto analizza il possibile ruolo strategico che il porto di Porto Empedocle (in sinergica con la sua città-madre, Agrigento). Que…
The role of greenways in the sustainable mobility development: The study case of western municipalities of Sicily
2018
As is known, mobility policies based on greenways represent an effective and comprehensive response to the demand for travel and recreation and to environmental protection as well. There are several reasons why spreading cycling mobility contributes to making cities more liveable: a more efficient urban transport system, less congested roads and, consequently, less noisy roads, more security on the roads, etc. Furthermore, cycling helps fight climate change and the conservation of fossil fuels, promotes forms of sustainable tourism development and, not least, physical activity and, thus, the health of citizens. Whereas greenways may constitute a strategic opportunity for the promotion of la…
THE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF A TOURIST NETWORK FOR A COASTAL REGION
2016
This study springs from a reflection on the concept of the Slow Network as a tool to strengthen the connection between a territory and its inhabitants, through the rediscovery of the agro-environmental, landscape, historical, artistic, and cultural value of each territory. Creating a slow network means utilising slow mean of mobility thus creating a "greenway" to give life to an ecomuseum and to cultural tourism in an eco-sustainable manner. The resources of an area are enhanced by creating a synergy between them, the tourism industry, and the local economy, which is dedicated to the promotion of an integrated tourism that involves rural areas, natural areas, eno gastronomic tours, and them…
Una rete sul Mediterraneo. Simulazione di un modello virtuoso.
2010
Slow populations and «greengreyways» in two Italian regional case studies
2007
STRATEGIE E CRITERI PROGETTUALI PER LA CONVERSIONE DI LINEE FERROVIARIE DISMESSE IN PERCORSI VERDI
2009
Il progressivo incremento della mobilità privata, verificatosi a partire dalla seconda metà del secolo scorso nei Paesi occidentali, e in particolare in Italia, ha determinato la chiusura al traffico di molte linee ferroviarie secondarie ormai scarsamente utilizzate e, dunque, poco remunerative per gli Enti proprietari e/o gestori. Il patrimonio viario dismesso trova oggi una possibile occasione di riqualificazione funzionale mediante la conversione delle linee ferrate in percorsi verdi (greenways) dedicati alla cosiddetta “mobilità dolce” di tipo ciclopedonale; ciò in ragione delle seguenti caratteristiche: i) separazione del sedime ferroviario dalla rete stradale ordinaria; ii) ridotto nu…