Napoli, Italy
City population: 3099849
Duration: 2016 – ongoing
Implementation status: In planning stage
Scale: Meso-scale: Regional, metropolitan and urban level
Project area: unknown
Type of area: Industrial, Previous derelict area, Public Greenspace Area, Other
Last updated: October 2021

The city of Napoli has implemented a comprehensive plan of urban regeneration of the Bagnoli coastal area. The national agency Invitalia has been in charge by the government to develop a plan of regeneration. In particular, the main points of the project related to NBS concern the development of a waterfront, namely the regeneration of the coast including the main park, the beach, and the experimentation of botanical species to reduce the environmental impact of the area. This plan is finalized for the requalification and restoration of the green area, as well as to help with the mitigation of urban pollution (Ref.1). The project is in its planning stage (2020), according to the national agency that coordinates the project. On the official website of the project it is mentioned that in January 2020, 20 candidates have been selected in order to present their ideas. In July 2020 the agency met with the local community for discussions. At the moment the state agency initiated a PRELIMINARY MARKET CONSULTATION (Ref.1).

Photo 1
https://www.invitalia.it/cosa-facciamo/rilanciamo-le-aree-di-crisi-industriale/rilancio-bagnoli

Overview

Nature-based solution

  • Grey infrastructure featuring greens
  • Green parking lots
  • Parks and urban forests
  • Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
  • Blue infrastructure
  • Coastlines

Key challenges

  • Water management (SDG 6)
  • Improvements to water quality
  • Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
  • Habitat and biodiversity restoration
  • Green space creation and/or management
  • Environmental quality
  • Air quality improvement
  • Regeneration, land-use and urban development
  • Conversion of former industrial areas

Focus

Creation of new green areas, Coastal landscape management or protection, Transformation of previously derelict areas

Project objectives

- Elaborate a program of environmental regeneration of the area; - Restoration of urban parks in front of the coast, to help mitigate urban pollution; - Cultivation of botanical species in a greenhouse, in order to reduce the environmental impact of the area; - Water treatment to purify the coastal zone (Ref.1.).

Implementation activities

The following regeneration and planning activities have been carried out in the last years: - 2002: project for the recovery of the former industrial area in Bagnoli - 2006: culmination of the project of environmental recovery of the industrial area - 2007: realization of plan for water treatment - 2008: presentation of the definitive project - 2012: finalization of the recovery process of the Bagnoli industrial area (Ref.2.)

Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities

Biodiversity restoration:

  • Rehabilitate and restore damaged or destroyed ecosystems

Main beneficiaries

  • Local government/Municipality
  • Researchers/University
  • Citizens or community groups

Governance

Management set-up

  • Government-led

Type of initiating organisation

  • National government

Participatory approaches/ community involvement

  • Unknown

Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project

Invitalia is a national agency responsible to attract, facilitate and promote investments. It leads the project, and is responsible for the implementation of the different stages and to report the updates to the city council and the national government (1)

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? Yes (The EU established the SEA Directive 85/337/CEE fro certain projects, in particular those including environmental consideration in the planning stage (1))
... a national policy or strategy? Yes (In response to the SEA directive, the Italian government developed a procedure named VAS (Valutazione ambientale strategica) which can be applied at national, regional and local level according to the article 7 del D.lgs. 152/2006 (1))
... a local policy or strategy? No

Financing

Total cost

More than €4,000,000

Source(s) of funding

  • Public national budget
  • Public local authority budget

Type of funding

  • Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)

Non-financial contribution

Unknown

Impacts and Monitoring

Environmental impacts

  • Environmental quality
  • Improved air quality
  • Green space and habitat
  • Increased green space area
  • Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
  • Restoration of derelict areas

Economic impacts

  • Unknown

Socio-cultural impacts

  • Unknown

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. Programma di bonifica ambientale e rigenerazione urbana (2020). Invitalia. Available at: Source link (Accessed 1-10-2020)
Ref.2. Invitalia (2016) Rilancio Bagnoli - programma di bonifica e rigenerazione urbana. Roma: pp. 1-35 (Attached)
Ref.3. Cirillo, C., Bertoli, B., Scarpa, L. (2016). NAPOLI E IL PAESAGGIO COSTIERO: IL RECUPERO AMBIENTALE DI BAGNOLI E LA RIGENERAZIONE DEL LITORALE FLEGREO. Universita' Federico II. Napoli: ResearchGate, pp. 112-118 (Attached)
Photo 2
https://www.invitalia.it/cosa-facciamo/rilanciamo-le-aree-di-crisi-industriale/rilancio-bagnoli
Photo 3
https://www.invitalia.it/cosa-facciamo/rilanciamo-le-aree-di-crisi-industriale/rilancio-bagnoli