Last updated: November 2021
The conservation of agricultural activities allows for the preservation of the landscape for all, with the possibility to offer to Milaners a place of leisure, tranquility, nature and tradition within the city, where to taste - also while tasting the products of the earth - what is the the Milanese agricultural world. It is located in the South West of Milan, within the Parco Agricolo Sud, in an area between the two Navigli, the Grande and the Pavese (1).
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
- Other
- Blue infrastructure
- Rivers/streams/canals/estuaries
- Other
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Soil quality improvement
- Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
- Inclusive governance
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Economic development: agriculture
- Tourism support
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Preservation of natural heritage
- Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
- Preservation of historic traditions
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable consumption
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Ecological restoration of ecosystems, Transformation of previously derelict areas, Other
Project objectives
The NBS has the following goals:
- Promotion of an integrated landscape planification.
- Protection of landscape diversity.
- Quality improvement in the local environment, including cultural heritage, buildings, public spaces and landscapes.
- Incentivizing initiatives for the promotion of diversified tourist offers, flows redistribution and valorization of neglected areas.
- Education of local tourist businesses for more sustainable practices.
- Conservation and requalification of existing natural landscapes.
- Involvement of residents and rising awareness.
- Promotion of a sustainable culture through public participation in the decision-making process.
- Promotion of innovative and sustainable landscape planning.
- Following the targets set by the European Convention on Landscapes (1).
Implementation activities
The proposing subject, together with the partners involved, intends to implement the scenario in a deeply "bottom up" mode, using the involvement of the stakeholders directly concerned - owners, farmers, inhabitants of the area - and others - entities, associations, committees, citizens - in the participatory design process, implementation and realization of the Risai Park. The design scenario was developed through a participatory design process: a collaboration between the Risai Park Association, farmers, citizens and architects Gioia Gibelli and Silvia Beretta.
Regarding the specific phases in terms of environmental re-qualification and sustainability: new green infrastructures are being built to meet the needs of local agricultural businesses and stimulate sustainable tourism. This implies the planting of new trees and different species, the restoration of water basins and the recovering of derelict areas. Local businesses will participate in offsetting emissions too (6 and 2).
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Preserve and strengthen existing habitats and ecosystems
- Preserve and strengthen habitat connectivity
- Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
- Means for conservation governance
- Manage biological resources for conservation and sustainable use
- Raise public awareness
- Public engagement
- Create and use scientific knowledge for conservation
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
- Non-government organisation/Civil Society
- Private sector/Corporate/Company
- Citizens or community groups
- Food producers and cultivators (i.e. farmers, gardeners)
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
- Non-government organisation/civil society
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
- Dissemination of information and education
- Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
- Co-management/Joint management
- Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
- Other
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Promoters of the project are: Associazione Parco delle Risaie and Connecting Cultures. They launched the project in cooperation with the Municipality of Milan and financed by the Cariplo Foundation. NBS is strongly at the center of the plan, together with cultural and business focus (1 and 2).
Part of the founding was from the Cariplo Foundation and partly from the municipality of MIlan, provided by the EU budget for sustainable solutions and in the budget for the EXPO 2015 (1 and 2).
The proposing subject, together with the partners involved, intends to implement the scenario in a deeply "bottom up" mode, using the involvement of the stakeholders directly concerned - owners, farmers, inhabitants of the area - and others - entities, associations, committees, citizens - in the participatory design process, implementation and realization of the Risai Park. The design scenario was developed through a participatory design process: a collaboration between the Risai Park Association, farmers, citizens and architects Gioia Gibelli and Silvia Beretta (6 and 2)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
No
(It was an initiative deriving from the imminent Expo 2015 and a clear need of local agricultural producers (2). )
... a national policy or strategy?
No
(It was an initiative deriving from the imminent Expo 2015 and a clear need of local agricultural producers (2). )
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The rehabilitation of the area through this NBS was part of the strategic plan developed by the Parco delle Risaie Association, as written in its statute. Furthermore, it is strongly connected to the City of Milan project for the re-qualification of specific areas in occasion of the Expo in 2015 (2). )
Financing
Total cost
€2,000,000 - €4,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
- Private Foundation/Trust
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
- Donations
Non-financial contribution
No
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Climate change
- Lowered local temperature
- Reduced emissions
- Enhanced carbon sequestration
- Water management and blue areas
- Increased protection against flooding
- Improved stormwater management
- Green space and habitat
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
- Increased number of species present
Economic impacts
- More sustainable tourism
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples
- Increased access to healthy/affordable food
- Health and wellbeing
- Improved physical health
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
- Education
- Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
- Other
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
Yes
References
1. Facebook, Official webpage, Available at Source link , (Accessed 6-9-2020)
2. Cariplo Foundation (2010), Parco delle Risaie. Un cuore agricolo per la città di Milano - 2010 (feasibility study), Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
3. Cariplo Foundation (2010), A future outlook on the project, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
4. Cariplo Foundation (2010), Branches of the project, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
5. Cariplo Foundation (2010), The park today and tomorrow, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
6. Cariplo Foundation (2010), Analysis of the area where the NBS takes place, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
7. ISPRA (2010), Project Overview, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
8. Presentation of the extension and goals of the NBS: attached
9. The project focus and step by step development: attached
2. Cariplo Foundation (2010), Parco delle Risaie. Un cuore agricolo per la città di Milano - 2010 (feasibility study), Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
3. Cariplo Foundation (2010), A future outlook on the project, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
4. Cariplo Foundation (2010), Branches of the project, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
5. Cariplo Foundation (2010), The park today and tomorrow, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
6. Cariplo Foundation (2010), Analysis of the area where the NBS takes place, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
7. ISPRA (2010), Project Overview, Available at Source link (Accessed 6-9-2020)
8. Presentation of the extension and goals of the NBS: attached
9. The project focus and step by step development: attached
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