Last updated: October 2021
The Tiber is considered strategic to promote a policy of conservation and enhancement of the entire historic city. To transform what has become a "distance" in a resource for the city, it is necessary to involve the river in new spatial, functional, infrastructural and ecological relationships. The rediscovery of the river as a large ecological corridor permits the upgrading of some strong crosses of physical and functional connection to the opposite shores and corresponding enhancement of the river basin; Including the transverse Aventino / Porta Portese, divided into two functional lots, and the transversal Gianicolo-Moretta (1).
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Riverbank/Lakeside greens
- Blue infrastructure
- Rivers/streams/canals/estuaries
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Improvements to water quality
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Regulation of built environment
Focus
Protection of natural ecosystems, Improved governance of green or blue areas, Management of rivers and other blue areas
Project objectives
The general goal of the project is to re-qualify the Tiber basin in the metropolitan area of Rome in order to enhance its environmental role in the city (1 and 2).
Control of pollution and water flow, as parts of a wider control of bio-hydrological imbalances, combined with the fundamental role of the river as a green corridor among different areas of the city (4).
Implementation activities
1. The consolidation of the historical boundaries of the Rocca Savella in one of the most spectacular tracts of the Aranci Garden to the city;
2. Extensive archaeological excavation on the municipal property area below the terrace of the Giardino degli Aranci:
3. The Documentation Center for Urban Transformations and the New Access Port to Aventino (II Lotto Functional);
4. The recovery of Raffaele De Vico's garden along the slopes of S. Sabina; Conservation of the original design of De Vico; Integration with new pedestrian paths to the north and south; Overall thinking of plant design;
5. The redesign of the Lungotevere Aventino and the path along the Tiber;
6. The upgrading of the twentieth-century riverbed (1).
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
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
The Municipality of Rome is behind the project and finances the NBS with its public budget (1 and 2). The NBS intervention is part of a more general plan focused on re-qualifying several green areas connected to grey infrastructures in Rome: the General Regulation Plan (4).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(Roma Capitale Law provided new financing for this natural re-qualification project. The project is also part of the new General Regulation Plan of the city (1 and 4). )
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
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
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
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
1. Rome Municipality (2003), PRG adottato - I4 Ambito di programmazione strategica Tevere, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-10-2020)
2. Rotary Foundation (no date), Rotary Foundation and the project, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-10-2020)
3. Municipality of Rome (2003), Intervention areas, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-10-2020)
4. Implementation plan: attached
2. Rotary Foundation (no date), Rotary Foundation and the project, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-10-2020)
3. Municipality of Rome (2003), Intervention areas, Available at Source link (Accessed 18-10-2020)
4. Implementation plan: attached