Sustainability Challenges in Redevelopments. Insights from the re-use of seven rail yards in Milan
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Sustainability Challenge, Milan, Rail yards, Green Spaces
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In a time of climate change emergency, contemporary urban planning pursues the enhancement of natural elements combined with local and wide area green networks as an answer to ecological and environmental issues. Regenerating abandoned urban land follows a multifunctional and multiscale approach to the integration of open and green spaces with soft mobility networks and blue infrastructure in order to improve citizen wellbeing.
In this perspective, the City of Milan has implemented regeneration policies based on the extension of parks and green connectivity since the first Urban Plan, PGT (Urban Plan) approved in 2012, and continued in the recently approved PGT 2030. As a crucial part of public policies the reuse of seven Milan rail yards suggests the possibility of matching urban redevelopment with a potential widespread regeneration of surrounding urban parts. International competitions for the rail yards have shown different aspects of regeneration aiming to stress the environmental priorities.
The crucial question of this re-urbanisation process regards two aspects. The first is related to the ability of such transformations to regenerate urban settlements at the city and metropolitan scale. The second issue tries to investigate to what extent a public –driven approach can effectively achieve public interest.
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PoglianiL. (2022). Sustainability Challenges in Redevelopments. Insights from the re-use of seven rail yards in Milan. UPLanD - Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & Environmental Design, 6(2), 59-70. https://doi.org/10.6093/2531-9906/9648
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Armondi, S., & Di Vita, S. (2017). Milan: Productions, Spatial Patterns and Urban Change. London: Routledge.
Balducci, A., & Checchi, D. (2009). Happiness and Quality of City Life: the case of Milan, the richest Italian city, International Planning Studies,14 (1), 25-64.
Barton, H (2005). A health map for urban planners. Towards a conceptual model for healthy, sustainable settlements, Built Environment, 31 (4), 339-355.
Brown, C., & Grant, M. (2005). Biodiversity and human health: what role for nature in healthy urban planning? Built Environment, 31 (4), 326-338.
Comune di Milano, & DAStU (2014). Trasformazione degli scali ferroviari milanesi. Esiti di un confronto su attese, esigenze e desideri degli attori locali. Milano.
Comune di Milano (2017a). Accordo di Programma ai sensi dell’art.34, D.lgs. n. 267/2000, per la trasformazione urbanistica delle aree ferroviarie dismesse, e in dismissione, site in comune di Milano denominate: “Scalo Farini, Scalo Romana, Scale e stazione di porta Genova, Scalo basso di Lambrate, parte degli scali Greco-Breda e Rogoredo, aree ferroviarie S. Cristoforo”, in correlazione con il potenziamento del sistema ferroviario in ambito milanese, luglio. Retrieved from: http://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/urbanistica-ed-edilizia/attuazione-pgt/scali-ferroviari-accordo-di-programma
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Galuzzi, P. (2014). I rischi e la cura | Risk and healing. Urbanistica, 154, 4-7.
Gasparrini, C. (2014). Un cambio di paradigma per l’urbanistica delle città resilienti | A change of paradigm for the urbanism of resilient cities. Urbanistica, 154, 105-124.
Giaimo, C. (Ed), 2020. Tra spazio pubblico e rigenerazione urbana. Il verde come infrastruttura per la città contemporanea, Urbanistica Dossier, 17 s.i.
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Infussi, F., Montedoro, L., & Pasqui, G. (2019). Scali a Milano. Prove di innovazione? Ecoweb Town Journal of Sustainable Design, 20, 25-45.
Lucchini, M., & Pugliese, R. (Eds) (2009). Milano Città d’acque. Nuovi paesaggi per la tutela dei Navigli. Firenze: Alinea.
Moccia, F. (Ed) (2011). Abitare la città ecologica. Napoli: Clean.
Morandi, C. (2007). The Great Urban Transformation. Venezia: Marsilio.
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Pasqui, G. (2018). Raccontare Milano. Politiche, progetti, immaginari. Milano: FrancoAngeli.
Pogliani, L. (2006). Pianificare per accordi in Lombardia: Innovazioni al bivio tra deregolamentazione e responsabilità negoziale. In F. Curti (ed). Lo scambio leale (pp. 100-129). Roma: Officina Edizioni.
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Protasoni, S. (ed). (2012). Milano scali ferroviari. Milano: Libraccio Editore.
Sandifer, P.A., Sutton-Grier, A.E., & Ward, B. (2015). Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation, Ecosystem Services, 12, 1-15.
Secchi, B. (2011). La nuova questione urbana: ambiente, mobilità e disuguaglianze sociali, Crios, 1, 83-92.
Stanghellini, S. (2017). Un approccio integrato alla rigenerazione urbana/ An integrated approach to urban regeneration. Urbanistica, 160, 1-6.
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Woodruff, S.C., & BenDor, T.K. (2016). Ecosystem services in urban planning: Comparative paradigms and guidelines for high quality plans. Landscape Urban Planning, 152, 90–100.