Padova is among the most ancient cities in the northern Italy. It counts 209.420 inhabitants on an area of 92,85 kmq. Its strategic location, alongside river Brenta, has always been a melting pot of people and cultures, enriching and placing the city as one of the most active economic and cultural exchange centres in the North-Eastern area of Italy and Veneto Region. The inclusion of Padova Giotto’s frescos in the UNESCO World Heritage, together with Padova election as European Volunteering Capital, but also Capital of Green Innovation, is placing the city under constant international visibility.
Padova is already set to become a metropolitan hub by 2030, where the crucial assets to prioritize are innovation, interconnection, sustainability and social inclusion. Padova Municipality is currently operating in several macro sectors for a more sustainable growth of the city that pays attention to resources, social well-being and economy, namely i) mobility and micro mobility, ii) healthcare, iii) well-being, iv) urban culture and renovation, v) parks and recreation, vi) security and cybersecurity. The reported pillars are interconnected and each of them takes advantage of a particular sector of the Padova’s community and its innovation network, in a concerted effort of local stakeholders from private and public sector and the associations. These macro areas are all in line with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 Agenda, where every action proposed by the Municipality combines local needs and global sustainable requirements.
Padova is one of 100 European pilot cities selected by the European Commission in the NetZeroCities project, with the ambitious mission of achieving climate neutrality by 2030.
Therefore, the Municipality's primary goal is to drastically reduce its CO2 emissions by implementing and enhancing the actions included in its SECAP.
In particular, the Municipality intends to profoundly renew the public and private building real estate property, enhance the use of energy from renewable sources, strengthen electric public transport service and soft mobility, reduce waste production also through circular economy strategies, implement a food policy and implement climate change adaptation policies, especially related to urban green.
Padova municipality is now working on important infrastructural projects such as:
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two new tramways (https://www.padovanet.it/informazione/progetto-nuova-linea-tramviaria-b…) (https://www.padovanet.it/informazione/progetto-nuova-linea-tramviaria-s…)
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housing quality (https://www.padovanet.it/informazione/pinqua-piano-innovativo-nazionale…)
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Resilience and Recovery Fund projects: (https://www.padovanet.it/sindaco-e-amministrazione/i-progetti-del-comun…)
The municipality also focuses on the local cultural heritage to foster tourist-cultural experiences (https://www.turismopadova.it/).
The proposed project aims at creating a “linear park” to redevelop the city green areas. Its main feature as “linear park” is to spread the city green redevelopment across several city areas, including residential areas, via an urban regeneration redesign.
The project embraces the city actions connected with the urban green and the city mobility actions considering sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics criteria in line with the new European Bauhaus.
Building and renewing green areas with a circular and carbon-neutral approach will go hand in hand with an improved sustainable mobility that promotes green paths, decreases the city traffic, encourages park-and-ride solutions and cycling paths. Furthermore, the project strongly supports new and refurbished sustainable households where energy waste is reduced. It also promotes social inclusion in terms of accessibility and access to the city cultural heritage as laying foundation of all action fields.
For further info, please refer to:
Massimo Benvenuti