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Table 1 The whole set of actions outlined by the Rome Resilience Strategy and those addressed to counterbalance climate change

From: Strengths and weaknesses of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative in Southern Europe: Rome and Athens’ experiences

Pillars, goals and actions

Climate response

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