Last updated: October 2021
The regeneration of the square in Catania has been envisioned since 2016 and completed in 2017. Apart from the changing rules in the accessibility of the square, the central area was equipped with a large flowerbed and additional trees and plants of different geographical origins. The whole green area provides illumination infrastructure, benches and bins to collect trash. This is expected to improve the whole area, and to create a new place of social inclusion and meeting point. (Ref.1.)
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
The goal of the intervention was to change the structure and layout of an area which is of important social and economic value for the city. The creation of green areas with trees and plants, in addition to parking zones and lighting, is expected to increase the social value of the area, by making it more attractive and improving the conditions of the livability of the area with additional green zones (Ref.1.)
Implementation activities
The new Sciuti square, now equipped with cast iron seats and metal strips, has been restored all on one floor and paved with spiked lava stone slabs, hand-bush hammered and inlaid ashlars in pink Custonaci stone. The works were carried out by the Vullo di Favara company, which made use of the collaboration of the Pellicori brothers, skilled stonemasons and lava stone installers. The square has a large flowerbed in the center where, on a grass lawn, there are olive trees (European olea), rosary trees (melia azedarach), ornamental cherry trees with red leaves (prunus pissardi nigra), Oleanders (nerium oleander ), but also plants of agave, cicas, myrtle and other essences. At the edge of the pavements of the streets of Camine and Galvagna, bitter orange trees (citrus aurantium) have been inserted. The green areas - illuminated by warm light spotlights - are complete with an automatic irrigation system and in the square, illuminated by a system on black galvanized steel poles, waste bins and metal bollards have also been inserted. (Ref.3)
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The municipality of Catania takes care of the whole process, from the regulation to setting guidelines and implementing the procedure. Also, the funding comes from the municipality (Ref.2.)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The intervention is influenced by the specific regulation plan "Progetto per la riqualificazione di alcune aree in prossimità della Piazza Carlo Alberto – Piazza Sciuti" (Plan for the regeneration of specific areas closeby Carlo Alberto square and Sciuti square), which establishes the modality of the intervention and the regulation it needs to conform (Ref.2.))
Financing
Total cost
€500,000 - €2,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Unknown
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved liveability
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
Ref.1. CataniaMobilita (2016). Al via la riqualificazione di piazza Giuseppe Sciuti: sarà ZTL. Available at Source link (Accessed 20-6-2020)
Ref.2. Comune di Catania (2015). PROCEDURA APERTA PER L’APPALTO DI ESECUZIONE DEI LAVORI “PROGETTO PER LA RIQUALIFICAZIONE DI ALCUNE AREE IN PROSSIMITÀ DELLA PIAZZA CARLO ALBERTO – PIAZZA SCIUTI”. Catania: pp. 1-15 Document Attached
Ref. 3 Cronaca Oggi Quatidiano (2017), Consegnata alla città piazza Giuseppe Sciuti e l’area circostante dopo la riqualificazione, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-7-2020)
Ref.2. Comune di Catania (2015). PROCEDURA APERTA PER L’APPALTO DI ESECUZIONE DEI LAVORI “PROGETTO PER LA RIQUALIFICAZIONE DI ALCUNE AREE IN PROSSIMITÀ DELLA PIAZZA CARLO ALBERTO – PIAZZA SCIUTI”. Catania: pp. 1-15 Document Attached
Ref. 3 Cronaca Oggi Quatidiano (2017), Consegnata alla città piazza Giuseppe Sciuti e l’area circostante dopo la riqualificazione, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-7-2020)