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An Integrated Approach for the Co-governance of Sustainable and Resilient Cities: A Focus on Green Infrastructures and Transport Mobility in Catania (Italy)

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Among the Sustainable Development Goals in the UN Agenda 2030, Goals 11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities” aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. Among the different targets it aims to promote a participatory and integrated transport-land planning; to guarantee accessibility to green areas and safe and inclusive public spaces, especially to vulnerable users; to ensure access to safe and economic living spaces and transport systems. This work presents an integrated approach to consider the role of Green Infrastructures (GIs) and Transport Mobility (TM) as key components in the transition towards a model of sustainable and resilient cities. The analysis of these two components of the urban system, especially in cities with high rates of motorisation and traffic congestion, on the one hand, and with a non-widespread presence of green areas, on the other, becomes strategic for implementing actions aimed at making cities more sustainable.

The analyzed case study focuses on Catania (Italy) at different territorial levels, considering both the urban area and the neighboring municipalities.

The study consists of two steps: (i) first, an interview-based methodology has been implemented to analyze citizen’s perception of GIs to tackle climate change and the willingness to pay to sustain the maintenance of these infrastructures; (ii) on the other hand, an extended survey will be performed to evaluate the propensity of users towards innovative shared transport systems and also the willingness to pay for the service. The obtained results from the first round of interviews highlighted the citizens point of view linked to GIs and their interest in the co-management. Research findings will constitute a decision support for administration and stakeholder to guide public investments and achieve awareness among citizens in order to promote co-governance actions and develop climate adaptation strategies and improve the quality of life in urban areas.

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This work is financed by the MIUR (Ministry of Education, Universities and Research [Italy]) through a project entitled WEAKI TRANSIT: WEAK-demand areas Innovative TRANsport Shared services for Italian Towns (Project code: 20174ARRHT, CUP: E44I17000050001), financed with the PRIN 2017 (Research Projects of National Relevance) programme. We authorise the MIUR to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes, not with standing any copyright notations there on. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the MIUR. The work of V. Torrisi was supported by European Union (NextGeneration EU), through the MUR-PNRR project SAMOTHRACE (ECS00000022).

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy

    Luisa Sturiale & Matteo Ignaccolo

  2. Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy

    Vincenza Torrisi

  3. Agriculture Food and Environment Department (D3A), University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria, 95127, Catania, Italy

    Alessandro Scuderi

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Sturiale, L., Ignaccolo, M., Torrisi, V., Scuderi, A. (2023). An Integrated Approach for the Co-governance of Sustainable and Resilient Cities: A Focus on Green Infrastructures and Transport Mobility in Catania (Italy). In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops. ICCSA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14105. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37108-0_14

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