By Maurizio Carta, Daniele Ronsivalle
This publication provides a brand new paradigm of information and motion with appreciate to city waterfronts and the “fluid urban paradigm,” explaining its methodological framework and describing an built-in and inventive making plans method during which waterfront regeneration is pursued as a key urban-renewal approach. It focuses in particular at the WATERFRONT undertaking (“Water And Territorial guidelines for integRation oF multisectoRial develOpmeNT”), which was once funded together by way of Italy and Malta with the target of constructing universal instructions, options, and operational instruments for the making plans of coastal components, in accordance with cross-border alternate of stories. within the defined process, the waterfront is well-known as having a large id, acknowledging the complexity of the connection among seaport and city and considering the actual and environmental parts of human cost, infrastructure, and efficient and leisure actions. It highlights info of the method of renewal within the port urban of Trapani, with dialogue of the carried out activities, plans, and courses. The ebook additionally examines the practices followed to rework city–port relationships throughout Europe in pursuit of leading edge and sustainable development.
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This promotes collaboration between parties and constitutes the basis for a coordinated action which—at a distance—promotes integrated management for a shared structure. It is therefore a dynamic, continuous and iterative process to promote sustainable management of urban coastal areas (Fig. 1). Fig. 1 Waterfront Atlas: relationship between waterfront criteria and principles for a creative-based planning of urban coastal areas (see Chap. 1 in this volume) 24 M. Carta It seeks, in the long term and within the limits set by natural dynamics and carrying capacity of the zones, to find a balance between the benefits associated with the following activities: economic development and anthropic uses of coastal areas, protection, preservation and restoration of environment, minimising the loss of human lives and damage to property, public access and use of waterfront areas.
Lucci, M. ), Napoli verso Oriente (pp. 143–163). Napoli: Clean. Toma, P. A. (1991). Storia del Porto di Napoli. Genova: Sagep Editrice. From the Harbour to the City. The Process of Urban Renewal in Trapani Alessandra Badami Abstract The chapter describes the study case of Trapani historical waterfront, in particular the design solutions adopted for nautical sport events and linked to regional landscape quality. The Trapani fluidity is connected with an entrenched sea cultural and natural heritage.