AQUAGREEN

The devastating floods of May 2023 highlighted how climate change is present and makes territories and populations fragile. AQUAGREEN will test in Faenza innovative solutions to make urban areas more resilient to these extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent and dangerous. They will consist of a blue-green Multifunctional Resilience Park Living Lab (MRPLL) built in a public area (around 3.5 ha) in a district particularly devastated by the floods: Borgo Durbecco. Different solutions, often carried out individually, will be integrated, through the MRPLL, in an innovative, digital, and high-performing combination based on new permeable pavement to favor water infiltration, rain garden, tank for rainwater collection to be used in water scarcity periods, green roof on the gym, combined with a photovoltaic plant linked to a storage system also to ensure electricity power for drainage pumps during blackouts. Thus, a Living Lab using a digital interface will be implemented for constant citizens’ involvement in creative co-designing. MRPLL, located in a delimited pilot area, will be complemented by two tools, linked to it, operating at a wider territorial level: a Decision Support System that considers data in real-time, and an innovative Early Warning System to better enable public authorities to alert promptly the whole population. The integration of these different solutions in a unique system replicable at a wider scale in the EU is the leading innovation and originality of the project.

Funding programme

European Urban Initiative - Innovative Actions

Project timeframe

2024 - 2027

UNIBO Role

Partner

Website

https://www.urban-initiative.eu/ia-cities/faenza/about-projects