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Urban drainage impact assessment on receiving water body: long-term simulation and statistical analysis
2008
Urban Flood Prediction through GIS-Based Dual-Coupled Hydraulic Models
2022
Propagation of pluvial floods in urban areas, occurring with return time periods of few years, can be well solved using dual models accounting for the mutual relationship between the water level in the streets and the discharges inside the sewer pipes. The extended WEC-flood model (EWEC), based on the use of unstructured triangular meshes and a diffusive formulation of the momentum equations in both the 2D and the 1D lower domains, is presented along with its novelty, limits, and advantages. The model is then applied to a small computational domain in the Palermo area, where only some ‘hard’ data given by one rain gauge has been used for calibration and validation, along with ot…
Uncertainty analysis in sewer systems performance evaluation
2005
In recent years, in order to analyse complex urban drainage systems and to identify the most effective measures for improving their efficiency, many parameters, or indicators, have been defined and many methodologies have been proposed in order to quantify sewer systems performance in the most objective and general way. However, some uncertainty arises in these methodologies due to choices which the user has to take in applying the procedure. Thus, performance analysis results are affected by operator experience and they are mainly useful for comparison between different scenarios applied to the same system. In the present paper, a statistical analysis of sewer systems performance has been …
The controversial role of actors in Italian and Sicilian waterfront areas management and planning
2013
The paper investigates the relationship between planning tools and formal/informal subjects involved in Sicilian waterfront areas management and it focuses on the relation between port plans and other (local and regional) planning instruments and policies. This relationship is explored through an examination of some results of The “Waterfront” project (Water And Territorial policiEs for integRation oF multisectoRial develOpmeNT), developed under the PO 2007-2013 Italia-Malta, that aimed to explore the field of “waterfront” in a different sense from the simple concept of urban or peri-urban coastal areas. The waterfront, in the Project approach, takes a wider identity that refers to the comp…
L'Atlante dei Waterfront. Visioni, paradigmi, politiche e progetti per i waterfront siciliani e maltesi
2013
Il volume contiene gli esiti del P.O. Italia-Malta "Waterfront" dedicato alla rigenerazione dei waterfront, applicata a casi di studio siciliani e maltesi
Bunker culturel : la régénération du patrimoine militaire urbain à Saint-Nazaire
2011
Au cours des deux dernières décennies Saint-Nazaire a relancé son développement sans se référer nécessairement aux modèles des métropoles européennes. Concentrées autour de la zone portuaire, près de la base sous-marine allemande, les nouvelles opérations urbaines ont contribué à définir un important projet touristique et culturel. La spécificité symbolique et la valorisation du patrimoine militaire ont permis à Saint-Nazaire de montrer que l’identité d’une ville pouvait activer sa croissance.Over the last two decades, the port city of Saint-Nazaire has encouraged urban redevelopment without necessarily following the models suggested by other European cities. An important cultural and touri…
Trapani: from the Renewal of the Waterfront to the Regeneration of the City
2013
The waterfrornt pf the city of Trapani interlaces a close relationship with the historical centre: with a width of the 921.000 mq, the harbour is in direct contact with the ancient city This closeness makes the waterfront particulary appealing due to the archicterual features of the city, Likewise, the sea remains visible and accessible from several urban areas. The waterfront is characterised by important portal infrastructures, favourable climate conditions and windiness, and a mutual seacity crsstalk. For these reason, in 2005 Trapani was proposed as hosting city for the international sailing event Louis Vuitton Act 8 & 9 of the America's Cup. The decisivie factor that led to this ch…
Progettare città liquide
2021
Urban waterfronts are today one of the most prolific variants of augmented cities: fluid and hybrid places where resources, opportunities, aspirations and ambitions of cities are translated into visions, new relations and projects. The creative port city is capable of reactivating new fluid metabolism, generating new architectural forms and producing new landscapes. The permanent flows of urban culture, grounding on the waterfront, are capable to fuel huge relational networks, making cities more dynamic, communicative and competitive. The most important implication of waterfront regeneration is that this particular area should be addressed as a structural and strategic element of the city a…
“Palermo liquida. Il progetto per il waterfront come occasione di rigenerazione della città”
2011
Il progetto di riqualificazione del Waterfront di Palermo è parte di una politica nazionale più ampia: il PIAU “Porti e Stazioni”, finanziato dal Ministero delle Infrastrutture, con la collaborazione attiva del Comune, dell'Autorità Portuale e delle Ferrovie. Il nuovo “Piano regolatore portuale” (PRP), oltre ad affrontare le questioni più generali delle funzioni portuali, propone strategie per affrontare la questione della “ aree di interazione città-porto” e le "aree di interfaccia", immaginate per accogliere nuove funzioni residenziali, commerciali, culturali e ricreative. Il paper attraverso la descrizione del progetto per il waterfront di Palermo e il processo di redazione del nuovo PRP…
European Sustainable Urbanisation through port city Regeneration - Case study Catania
2020
Analysis and assessment of a case study in small- and medium-sized port cities. The report describes the trend and proposes a solution to be applied by the Municipality of Catania. This case study has been prepared as a key input to the ESPON project ENSURE – European Sustainable Urbanisation through port city Regeneration. The study consists of three tasks: • task 1, based on statistical analysis and a survey among small and medium-sized port cities in Europe to identify the economic, social and environmental impact of port city regeneration. • task 2, based on a case study comprising four European small and medium-sized port cities of Cork (IE), Aalborg (DK), Brest (FR) and Catania (IT) w…