An interdisciplinary debate on project perspectives
Pillars, goals and actions | Climate response |
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Pillar I: An efficient city at the service of citizens | |
Priority action 1: Create an operation and management center | – |
Priority action 2: Establish a Resilience Office | – |
Goal A: Make the administration of the city more efficient, transparent and participatory; and ensure the monitoring of procedures | |
I.A.1. Link the budget commitments to the 3-year annual programming of the Departments’ activities | – |
I.A.2. Reorganize the running of Departments and encourage synergies with other institutions | – |
I.A.3. Create a unique communications interface between private citizens and the Public Administration with the help of new technologies | – |
I.A.4. Establish guidelines to optimize the planning, construction and management of projects | – |
Goal B: Incentivize centralized governance actions | |
I.B.1. Complete the implementation of the ‘Rome’ laws required to ensure greater governance autonomy of the region (e.g. archaeological parks, rivers, etc.) | – |
I.B.2. Create a unique geographical database that may be updated and shared | – |
I.B.3. Establish a Geological Survey of Rome to ensure an integrated governance of soil and subsoil | – |
Goal C: Implement the Smart City plans | |
I.C.1. Introduce guidelines for updating the Open Data platform | – |
I.C.2. Upgrading the public Wi-Fi network and coverage | – |
I.C.3. Construct a Smart Grid | Mitigation |
Pillar II: A dynamic, strong and unique city | |
Priority action 1: Govern the relaunch of the River Tiber by implementing projects coordinated by the Special Office for the Tiber | Adaptation |
Priority action 2: Evaluation of the resilience potential of the regeneration of Ostiense Marconi district | – |
Priority action 3: Change the perception, use and promotion of the archaeological and cultural heritage sites in Rome for citizens’ everyday life | – |
Goal A: Promote the cultural life of the city | |
II.A.1. Reorganize the management of the cultural sector | – |
II.A.2. Support stakeholders in the contemporary cultural sector in the dissemination of the cultural offer | – |
II.A.3. Organize seasonal programs of cultural events throughout the city | – |
II.A.4. Assign a new role to public libraries by organizing innovative socio-cultural programs for the local communities | – |
II.A.5. Start the application to list Ostia Antica as a UNESCO World Heritage Site | – |
II.A.6. Fashion Relaunch Plan of Rome | – |
Goal B: Promote urban regeneration | |
II.B.1. Activate Fabbrica Roma (Rome Factory), a regeneration plan for abandoned public buildings | – |
II.B.2. Upgrade the Building Regulations according to new housing and working needs | – |
II.B.3. Regenerate the Tiburtina Stations and Pietralata areas | Mitigation |
II.B.4. Reorganize the network of public and private transportation to streamline the mobility system (tram lines, bus lanes, cable cars, etc.) | Mitigation |
II.B.5. Establish incentives to facilitate the transfer of know-how between small-medium businesses, start-ups, institutions and research centers | – |
Goal C: Promote the landscape and natural heritage in the urban environment | |
II.C.1. Restore and/or reorganize the use of and access to the Roman coast by implementing the Utilization Plan for Rome’s Coastline | Adaptation |
II.C.2. Implement the management reorganization of parks and historic villas by establishing a Curator who would also be responsible for planning the fundraising processes | – |
Goal D: Encourage the farming tradition of the city | |
II.D.1. Relaunch farming companies managed by the Municipality | – |
II.D.2. Develop new markets for farmers to support the direct sale of produce and products to consumers | Mitigation |
II.D.3. Increase food forests and urban vegetable gardens | Adaptation |
Goal E: Improve the attractiveness and safety of Rome | |
II.E.1. Create tourist facilities to promote youth and student tourism | – |
II.E.2. Plan activities to promote the attraction of urban areas by increasing the number of cycling tracks, environmental islands and use of the public transport system | Mitigation |
II.E.3. Regulate businesses in the historic center in order to protect the quality of products and craftsmanship so as to preserve the identity and the propriety of the historic center | – |
Goal F: Ensure the safety of the public and private heritage sites in the city | |
II.F.1. Protect infrastructure, public buildings, and schools | Adaptation |
Goal G: Prepare the city’s adaptation to climate change | |
II.G.1. Create green and blue infrastructure to reduce urban heat islands | Adaptation |
II.G.2. Assess the impacts of climate change and raise awareness among citizens | Adaptation |
II.G.3. Create infrastructure and pilot projects to reduce the risk of flooding | Adaptation |
Pillar III: An open inclusive and supportive city | |
Priority action 1: Implement a program to encourage everyone into sports to enable social integration of diverse communities | – |
Priority action 2: Implement the new social integration program for asylum seekers and other people covered by international protection | – |
Goal A: Promote a hospitable city that respects diversity | |
III.A.1. Implement a program to strengthen and extend the support network for vulnerable communities | Adaptation |
III.A.2. Establish assessment criteria to assign public spaces under concession to NGOs, associations and organizations that promote social inclusion, education and sustainability | – |
III.A.3. Finalize Public Housing Development Programs and develop new energy-efficient social housing | Mitigation |
Goal B: Promote the cultural growth of the vulnerable population | |
III.B.1. Introduce projects for the inclusion of children in the cultural life of the city in collaboration with other institutions | – |
III.B.2. Implement the new intervention policies for unaccompanied foreign minors to facilitate opportunities of growth and integration | – |
Pillar IV: A city that protects and enhances its natural resources | |
Priority action 1: Renew the public vehicle fleet and introduce eco-sustainable buses | Mitigation |
Priority action 2: Optimize separate waste collection of post-consumer materials | Mitigation |
Goal A: Protect the ecological system and restore the value of the water resources | |
IV.A.1. Implement sustainable urban forestry principles to protect biodiversity, enhance and protect parks and nature reserves | Mitigation & adaptation |
IV.A.2. Protect and enhance local water resources | Adaptation |
Goal B: Promote the use of renewable energy sources | |
IV.B.1. Incentivize the use of renewable resources | Mitigation |
IV.B.2. Introduce incentives to secure the safety and energy efficiency of private real estate property | Mitigation |
IV.B.3. Review the green credential and safety of the public structures | Mitigation |
Goal C: Create sustainable mobility and introduce solutions to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions | |
IV.C.1. Develop an efficient and economic transport model for people and goods | Mitigation |
IV.C.2. Develop sustainable electric mobility plan | Mitigation |
IV.C.3. Test new technologies for decreasing emissions into the atmosphere | Mitigation |
IV.C.4. Develop the pedestrian and cycle network and sharing transport schemes | Mitigation |
Goal D: Promote a zero-waste circular economy | |
IV.D.1. Open centers for the direct processing and reuse of post-consumer materials | Mitigation |
IV.D.2. Develop sustainable waste plants | Mitigation |