Last updated: October 2021
The didactic park Salvatore Buglione links its agricultural tradition and presence of plants and trees with social and cultural innovation (namely a playground for kids, a didactical botanical garden and an organized reading lab). A specialized lab aims at promoting civic and eco-functions, in line with the overall project of the city of Naples to allocate 2 million euros to regenerate the green areas of the city. The project “Orti Sociali” of the park represents an attempt to reach social inclusion and environmental awareness, underlying the crucial function of public parks in terms of environmental and social services (Ref.1.)
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Social justice and equity
- Social cohesion
- Social interaction
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
This project lab represents an integrated promotion of civic and eco-functions, such as didactic lessons in the park, active participation in cultivation and plantation of plants, readings in the park. Its main goal is to promote civic integration and social inclusion, by representing the idea of civic participation and universal citizenship. (Ref.1.)
Implementation activities
The park was inaugurated in 2010 from the municipality of Napoli, is an area of 10.000 square meters which has divided into several sections, according to the activities performed. A series of non-profit associations have collaborated with the municipality in order to implement the didactical activities, after obtaining the approval from the municipal Council (Ref.3.)
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
- City of Naples (government) promoting the project with main guidelines
- Associations: “A Ruota Libera”, “Caraxe”, “IdeAzione” – Centro Studi di Ricerca Consulenza e Psicoterapia, “Operatori di Pace – Campania”, “Cento Passi”, “La Locomotiva – Cooperativa Sociale" and Agenzia di Cittadinanza Collinare AC5. They are organizing all the activities in the park (non-profit and community groups) (1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
No
... a national policy or strategy?
No
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(The intervention is the result of a programme promoted by the city of Naples, which aims at investing 2 million euros in the management of parks and green areas [Ref 2])
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
No
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Unknown
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Safety
- Decreased crime rates
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Education
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
Ref.1. Ortidipace (2011) “Orti Sociali” per il Parco “Salvatore Buglione” di Napoli. Available at Source link (Accessed 29-9-2020)
Ref.2. Comune di Napoli (2010). Apertura parco agricolo didattico "Salvatore Buglione". Available at Source link (Accessed 29-9-2020)
Ref.3. Assessorato allámbiente (2010). Parco agricolo-didattico Salvatore Buglione. Napoli: pp. 1-2 (Attached)
Ref.2. Comune di Napoli (2010). Apertura parco agricolo didattico "Salvatore Buglione". Available at Source link (Accessed 29-9-2020)
Ref.3. Assessorato allámbiente (2010). Parco agricolo-didattico Salvatore Buglione. Napoli: pp. 1-2 (Attached)
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