SWOT

• The a xis is c omposed o f different t ypes o f green spaces, • Parco Agricolo Sud is the dominant one. • Presence of high agricultural value land. • Parco Agricolo Sud enhancing the natural and historical heritage of the Po Valley.

LAN D S CAPEECOLOGY

• Presence of two strong matrices • Large ecological corridor r unning t hrough t he center of the wedge • Several stepping stones and large core areas in the urban matrix

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S OCIO-CULTURAL

• Large heritage value • Helps in t he f ertility o f the land, g reat i rrigation system • Adds to the aesthetic value • Center of attention for several activities around the area

• Developed transportation system in the urban area of Milan • Network bicycle line both in the urban and the provincial scale • Strong connection along the axis

• Strong diversity in term of housing typologies offering a large range of prices • Historical buildings emphasizing the value of the city • Solid historical and cultural value of the farmsteads

• The average of the population is young and with a high education, which increase the sensibility to sustainable topics and tolerance to changes • The population are moving for work or study that means the main corridor have an important flow of people • Green areas in the urban fabric are mostly fragmented.

• Core areas are fragmented • Discontinuous ecological corridors

• Water pollution • Less maintained • Water is not completely integrated with the urban and ecological systems

• Transversal cut due to the highway • Low quality of areas around the railway stations • Low transversal connections of the bicycle line

• Lack of nature/built up connection in the city center • Presence of spread industrial area along Naviglio Grande • Lack of connection to facilities in the countryside • Fragmentation of the landscape due to built infrastructures

• Some sociocultural nodes only offer a specific activity, restriction a complex socio-cultural dynamics. • Lack of socio-cultural activities in some areas that integrate the green and blue infrastructures to the citizens • Opportunity to bring in the strong agricultural heritage of peri urban and urban areas • Abandoned a reas c an b e regenerated i nto urban parks to create a network of green infrastructure.

• Large agricultural matrix close to urban areas • Opportunity to connect ecological corridors

• Reconnection of the Navigli can provide for a good way to integrate water with the city • Tourist activities around the area can boost the economy and urban functions • Rapid urbanization in the city leading to the decrease of neighborhood green spaces.

• Lack of ecosystem services offer by the ecological network in the city • Areas closer to the highway due to the sound and pollution can be affected and decrease the quality • Isolation of some ecological structures therefore can decrease their own quality and biodiversity.

• Due to urbanization and agricultural activities, water systems/canals are disappearing

• The area allow a good implementation of the slow mobility

• Built up offering opportunities for future potential public spaces • Good proximity to facilities in the city center • Built up in the rural area provides the opportunity for new green connections

• Enhance the small nodes in the settlements to increase the idea of a polycentric city. • The proximity and potential that had many nodes to create activities that connect the population to the green and blue infrastructure • Difficulty to create a strong longitudinal connection due to the highway • Highway is hard to cross for pedestrian and create fragmentation

• Some infrastructures act as a visual barrier • Industrial buildings have an impact on the air quality

• The gravity of the node that creates the socio-cultural node in Milan can decrease the capacity of the secondary nodes to hold some activities. • The movement of the population can decrease the relation with the socio-cultural aspects where they live