INTRODUCTION

The aim of the project is to develop a green and blue infrastructure strategy, able to enhance the energy and the flows of a given area of interest, from in and out of Milan. As urbanization reduce access to Nature, the idea is to make the city’s infrastructure and the green cohabit while improving the quality of life of citizens, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs (United Nations Brundtland Commission, 1987). The future planning of this area implies a transversal and multidisciplinary approach, which tends to consider the territory in all its complexity. The selected axis is Parco Agricolo Sud – San Cristoforo – Naviglio Grande, which will be analyzed on a macro and then on a meso scale.

Derived from Latin, the title of the project ‘Rus in Urbe’ means bringing the countryside in the city, strait in the core of the city. It questions the urban balance and organization of cities to a more Eco-friendly approach. In order to achieve this, the project encompasses both territorial planning and green development. Sustainable urban planning targets multiple dimensions: technical, economic, ecological, social, and more broadly cultural. The future Green and Blue network will provide a range of benefits, called Ecosystem Services, provided by selected Nature-Based solutions. It is a question of thinking and making the axis differently, of creating another model of urban planning and sustainable nature development (NBS), but also of inventing other ways of life, well-being, of moving around, of consuming, etc.

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CONTENT

9 THE TEAM 11 ABSTRACT 12 INTRODUCTION

POLICIES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

18 PIANO PAESAGGISTICO REGIONALE 20 REGIONAL GREEN SYSTEM 23 PTRA - NAVIGLI LOMBARDI 24 LANDSCAPE 27 TERRITORY 28 TOURIST 30 PTCP 35 PGT MILANO 2030 39 THE PLACES 42 ACCORDO SCALI 44 MILAN 2020 46 CONCLUSION

SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS

52 GREEN SPACES 57 ECOSYSTEMS AND HABITATS 59 MAIN TREE SPECIES 60 CULTIVATED AND BUILT LAND 63 WOODLAND AND FRESHWATER 64 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY STRUCTURE 67 WATER 73 TRANSPORT 77 BUILT UP 80 URBAN TYPOLOGIES 82 BUILT UP - LAND USE 84 SOCIO-CULTURAL 91 CONCLUSION URBAN CHALLENGES | ES | NBS

96 SWOT 98 STRATEGY APPROACH 100 STRATEGY DIAGRAM 101 CHALLENGES 102 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 103 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 104 NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS