Bologna

A combination of heat islands and heat waves pose serious threats to health and wellbeing: the city needs to improve its urban adaptation to climate change.

Certain parts of the city are underused and isolated. Regeneration of these urban areas is necessary to support their reintegration in a continuous green infrastructure.

A key challenge in implementing the city’s resilience and social justice strategy is to improve citizens’ wellbeing, especially among vulnerable groups who tend to have less access to green spaces.

Create five TALEA Green Cells: adaptable, scalable minimum ecological units, each covering an area of 100x100 metres. TALEA combines various nature-based solutions with creative technological innovation, and site-specific and data-based monitoring.

Run a series of pilots employing a combination of co-creative and scenario-based activities for residents, those especially exposed to higher climate and general fragility, local associations, school/university communities as well as private actors. This supports both a socially just transition and the development of a sense of community and belonging to the space.

Through TALEA's Green Cells, benefit from digital technologies and harness the power of citizen-science data collection to lead the green and digital transition.