1. Introduction
In Italy and, even more, in the Mid Adriatic Region of Abruzzo, there is a separation between the cycle network and the management of rainwater resulting from extreme atmospheric events. The cycle network is framed as a contribution to slow mobility. Urban flooding is treated as a continuing emergency. From the perspective of sustainable development and urban resilience, this separation has a very negative impact. The goal is to overcome separateness. And imagine the cycle network as a soil project that, in addition to supporting the transit of bicycles, is able to contribute to a better collection and management of rainwater as an alternative to the sewer system. The hypothesis of the cycle network as a soil project obliges us to broaden our gaze to those cities that have transformed water from an agent that generates dangerous conditions, into a strategic resource. Boston, San Rafael, Zwolle, Enschede, Copenhagen and Philadelphia went in this direction. The projects and intervention programs of the cities will be compared with reference to three kinds of interdependent spaces. The network space (reserved for transit) and the materials used to build it (porous asphalt, underground channels for the flow of water). The space associated to the network with the Green Stormwater Infrastructures contribute to increasing drainage. The context space is crossed by the cycle network and the relationships it establishes with the open space of the city. The comparison aims to bring out some useful lines of action to guide the actions of the urban plan in Italy and, even more, in the Mid Adriatic Region of Abruzzo. The general idea underpinning this paper is thinking about the cycle network as the infrastructural part of a larger soil project capable of triggering processes of sustainable development and urban resilience. The general idea is thinking to the bicycle network as environmental infrastructure capable of triggering processes of sustainable development and urban resilience.
2. Language of instruction: Italian
3. Content
The Sustainable Mobility course aims to explore the concept of sustainability applied to mobility systems using to an integrated and multimodal approach. The overall objective is the quality of the public space and the reduction of the vulnerability factors in urban and territorial contexts.
Based on this methodological-operational approach, the course will explore tools and methods for planning cycle networks. Specifically, the course aims to frame the cycle network as an environmental infrastructure capable of contributing to the improvement of the ecological and urban performance of a particular territorial context.
4. Bibliography
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5. Obiettivi formativi
The training course aims to provide the student with:
• the knowledge of sector legislation and the main methodological-applicative references about mobility planning;
• the ability to read and interpret the main planning tools and, in particular, the Urban Plan for Sustainable Mobility, the Biciplan and the Ministry of Infrastructure Guidelines;
the ability to develop an operational proposal for a cycle path by evaluating its physical-morphological and sustainability aspects.
6. Prerequisites: None
7. Teaching methods
The course will be held by Professors Antonio Alberto Clemente and Matteo di Venosa who will develop the didactic program in its different articulations in a coordinated way.
The course includes lectures, meetings and application activities.
The frontal lessons will mainly concern the ways of reading, interpreting and planning sustainable mobility with particular reference to the cycle network and its interaction with the territory at different scales.
The meetings aim to introduce the student to the innovative aspects of the main mobility planning experiences in Italy and abroad through the voice of the key players (administrators, planners, scholars, etc.) of the experiments.
The application activity coincides with a design exercise relating to the integrated network of cycle mobility conceived as an environmental infrastructure for the mitigation of the vulnerability of the urban context chosen as a case study (Pescara)
8. More info
The course takes place in the first semester.
In order to be able to constantly follow the students' learning, the following are planned: individual and collective reviews to be carried out in the classroom; exercises and research to be carried out in the classroom and at home.
9. Learning verification methods
The exam concerns an individual interview based on:
• knowledge of frontal lessons;
• evaluation of the Diary of the meetings;
• verification of application activity.
10. Sustainability
The concept of sustainability runs through the entire course. In particular, front lessons, laboratory activities and the application activity aim to introduce the student to the understanding of the fact that sustainability has three fundamental pillars (environmental, social, economic) and that in every project they must all be verified at the same time. In relation to the UN 2030 Agenda, reference will be made to Objective no. 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
