Last updated: October 2021
The project, concerning the installation of an experimental site for research and demonstration on the environmental benefits of the green roof in urban areas, arises from the need of the public administrations, and in particular the City of Genoa, to get a thorough technical knowledge in order to make urban planning tools more effective in the process of improving life quality in the urban environment (1).
http://www.dicat.unige.it/verdepensile/palla.pdf
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Nature on buildings (external)
- Green roofs
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Environmental quality
- Air quality improvement
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental and climate justice
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
The goal is to start from this pilot project and expand to other buildings in the city of Genova as concrete quantitative data is collected from this intervention. The project aims to transfer on a wider scale the benefits already encountered in this single intervention, identifying the critical mass useful to perceive the benefits of a widespread use of green roofs in urban areas. Genoa, due to its typical aspects such as orography, intense urbanisation and urban hydrology, is offered as an ideal application field. The general purpose of the project is to promote the use of green roofs in urban areas by providing the technical and scientific evidence needed to take targeted legislative action. The special focus of the project is especially on the rainfall water absorption services the green roof can offer, in a city particularly affected by heavy rains (1).
Implementation activities
The specific project activity will consist of a systematic collection of quantitative data describing the observed behaviour of the green roof structure in response to meteoric events, and in their interpretation in light of the constructive and performance characteristics of the
technical coverage made. Two new green roofs were installed using modern techniques are their performance is compared to the one of a green roof already existing there since 1969 (1).
Main beneficiaries
- Researchers/University
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Dissemination of information and education
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
This NBS intervention is the result of a partnership between the University, the Municipality of Genova and the Italian Association for Green Roofs. (1).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
No
... a national policy or strategy?
No
... a local policy or strategy?
No
(The projects results will be used as evidence to develop targeted legislative actions (1 and 2))
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Unknown
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Climate change
- Enhanced carbon sequestration
- Water management and blue areas
- Increased protection against flooding
- Improved stormwater management
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Other
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
1. Dicat (2006), Sito sperimentale per la ricerca e dimostrazione sui benefici ambientali del verde pensile in area urbana, Available at Source link (Accessed 3-9-2020)
2. DICAT (2006), Project Presentation, Available at Source link (Accessed 3-9-2020)
3. Harpo (no date), IL TETTO VERDE MEDITERRANEO: Observations, Available at Source link (Accessed 3-9-2020)
4. DICAT (2007), University research on NBS impacts, Available at Source link 3-9-2020)
5.L’Ambiente (2007), Il verde pensile e la gestione delle acque meteoriche in ambiente urbano, Document attached.
2. DICAT (2006), Project Presentation, Available at Source link (Accessed 3-9-2020)
3. Harpo (no date), IL TETTO VERDE MEDITERRANEO: Observations, Available at Source link (Accessed 3-9-2020)
4. DICAT (2007), University research on NBS impacts, Available at Source link 3-9-2020)
5.L’Ambiente (2007), Il verde pensile e la gestione delle acque meteoriche in ambiente urbano, Document attached.