The contribution illustrates the project for the integrated enhancement of the cultural and environmental heritage of the Olona Valley, promoted by the Mills Park and the Ecomuseum of the Landscape of Parabiago, facilitators of an articulated network of actors, who propose a new approach to the management of the territory based on a real “river renaissance”. The heart of the project is the Olona River, which has long been transformed into an infrastructure for the disposal of wastewater from the valley. To reverse the process, local communities are experimenting with initiatives that put in place innovative forms of governance for the management of the environment and the river landscape: community maps, Pact for the Olona River, Pact for the care and enhancement of agroecosystems, and other cultural projects. The objective for the future is to create an integrated territorial plan of culture to recompose around the river a new widespread city based on a new balance between biotic and abiotic factors.
001_ COVER AND INDEX
005_ VIEW_City, Nature and Design
Dora Francese
FOCUS ON BIOTIC / A-BIOTIC
023_ Cities designed as ecosystems: the new challenge for urban architectural design
Georgia Cheircantieri
028_Biometric of xerophilous plants in the design of water storage systems
Wedscley Melo, Itamar Silva, Pablo Torres
033_Human and Mediterranean environment: biotic interactions in the rural districts of Cilento
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040_Importance of green spaces in planning sustainable urban areas
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047_Enforceability and benefits of Mediterranean green streets
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054_The microclimatic contribution of urban green fraction. Case study: Medellin, Colombia
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060_The city is growing up: agricolture and urban regeneration
Alessandra Battisti
069_Path for the river rebirth of Olona Valley
Daniele Fanzini, Raffaella Riva, Raul Dal Santo
074_Water as valorization source and resilient element of historical built heritage
Chiara Marchionni, Marianna Rotilio, Pierluigi De Bernardinis
079_The role of water in the environmental design of urban space
Laura Daglio, Elena Mussinelli
084_The pratical aspect of teaching and research: a laboratory with natural materials in the Federal University of Pelotas
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088_The historical city of Sfax – Tunisia: Valorization of the traditional building stone
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093_Simulation tools for energy performance evaluation on early stage of architectural design in academic context
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100_Adaptive retrofitting strategies for social and ecological balance in urban Mediterranean area
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105_Sustainable building materials for touristic Mediterranean infrastructures
Anna Maria Giovenale, Elisa Pennacchia, Fabrizio Cumo, Federico Cinquepalmi
110_Climate change adaptation and vegetation: the case of Ufa fabric
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116_Palermo garden of Sicily
Tiziana Firrone, Carmelo Bustinto
125_The design of biotic environment fro balancing urban microclimate
Fabrizio Tucci, Domenico D’Olimpo
131_Sustainable materials for the design of the city: eco-compounds with recycled materials for the realization of urban flooring
Mercedes del Rio Merino, Jamie Santa Cruz Astorqui, Veronica Vitiello, Roberto Castelluccio, Paola Vittoria
136_Feasibility Study of a Low Carbon House in Tabriz, Iran
Sanaz Hariri Shaberstari, Hossein Mirzaii
140_The Kessariani Monastery: a significant testimony of Bizantine architecture
Emanuele La Mantia
146_The contribution of the park trees to the adaptation of a city to climate change: the case of Thessaloniki
D.N. Papagiannopoulou, T.K. Tsitsoni, A.B. Kontogianni
151_PHD RESULTS