Green economy for sustainable and adaptive architectures and cities: Objectives, guidelines, measures, actions

Abstract

Several analyses and reports in the world of Sustainable and Adaptive Design are pointing in the direction of what is known as a 'Green City Approach': An integrated, multisectoral approach to the planning and implementation of improvements that aim to increase levels of well-being, social inclusion and long-lasting development in cities, based on the now decisive aspects of the high environmental quality, efficiency and circularity of resources and on climate change mitigation and adaptation. In Italy, this new approach has been supported by significant contributions. The PRIN Research (Project of Relevant National Interest) "Adaptive Design and Technological Innovations for the Resilient Regeneration of Urban Districts in System of Climate Change" funded by the Italian Ministry of Scientific Research, has developed these themes for three years (2016-2019). In addition, in coordination with PRIN Research developments, in early 2017 the "La Città Futura" Manifesto, presented by lecturers from a dozen universities in the world, was launched as part of the initiatives of the State's General of the Green Economy, and over the past year the development of this new approach has been boosted by the international Green City Network promoted by the Sustainable Development Foundation (2017-2019). The basic aim was to launch a debate-with a close confrontation with the international design experimentation scenario- A nd elaborate guidelines fostering future developments as regards the relationship between the main principals that lie at the heart of the Green Economy and Adaptive Design, architectural and urban growth, regeneration, and development, attempting to bring all the cities closer to the development approach of many cities in the world that have already achieved significant results as regards 'green' growth and redevelopment.