Introduction

As said before, the second part of the work will be focused on the in-depth analysis of the area of Vimodrone, particularly the center-south part.

Before getting to the heart of the topic, we would like to spend few words on why did we choose it as study area. According to the general area analysis, there have been defined some criteria to determine whether or not an area was, or was suitable to become, a 15-minute city. The criteria set for each topic are the following ones: • for mobility and walkability: soft mobility, accessibility and perception.

• for local identity: presence of public space, presence of sport and cultural associations, density of the built-up system.

• for socio-demographic profiles: the density of people and services, social mixite, age composition and street vitality.

• for commerce: diversity of commerce, mixed-use, accessibility, street quality and proximity to residential areas.

• for urban welfare: school provision, health service provision, sport facilities and green and cultural facilities and social spaces.

• for production and work: self-containment, every-day life services, economic activities mix and work places accessibility.

According to these criteria, the area of Vimodrone can be considered as a could be there place. Whit this expression we mean that, although this area is not at the moment a 15-minute city, it presents physical, social or economic features that are a good starting point for the implementation of strategies, policies and actions going in that direction. For what concerns mobility and walkability, although the area has an overall good supralocal accessibility, the area is not very suitable for slow mobility and the general perception is not so good because of the presence of cars. According to the set criteria, the area presents medium-strength local community that can rely on various public spaces and associations. The situation, according to socio-demographic profiles, is less positive: the age composition points out a general aging of the residents, the mixite is very limited and the streets lack of vitality because of the limited space dedicated to pedestrians. For what concerns commerce, the diversity of commerce and the proximity to residential areas are quite good, however the accessibility is very uneven and the street quality is not very good, even in the areas where the density of commerce is higher. The urban welfare seems quite good in Vimodrone, thanks to a good level of schools and health services provision, and the presence of many sport facilities and green area, however the cultural facilities and social spaces seem to be lacking. Lastly, the production and work topic seems to be the most critical: the area lacks of self-containment, economic activities mix and also of many every-day life services.

In order to better understand the context and how to intervene, we analyzed the environmental, socio-demographic, mobility and socio-political characteristics of the area.

Environmental point of view

In the blue network blue network we ca n identify several releva nt elements such as the La mbro river, Idroscalo lake, Cava Gaggiolo lake, Cava Trombeta lake a nd the Naviglio Ma rtesa na tha t crosses Vimodrone from East to West. Specifically in the a rea of Vimodrone we have: The Naviglio della Ma rtesa na , which is one of the Mila nese ca nals tha t connects Mila n with the Adda river. It was na med Ma rtesa na , due to the countryside it would cross, from Fra ncesco Sforza in 1457 , even before the works to build it bega n in 1460 . For most of its route, the Naviglio della Ma rtesa na runs perpendicula rly to the wa tershed line , unlike the other ca nals, thus crossing the wa ters descending from the Bria nza hills a nd in pa rticula r the Trobbia a nd Molgora strea ms a nd the La mbro river. We also have the presence of Cava Gaggiolo lake, which is pa rt of the hydrography of Vimodrone, being a place historically used for the development of sport fishing in the a rea.

On the green network green network, we ca n identify tha t Vimodrone is loca ted within a network of agricultural spaces nea r the Pa rco Sud Mila no a nd public green a reas of local scale within the municipality. We ca n observe the presence of the system of pa rks in the a rea, within Vimodrone we have the Pa rco delle Cave, to the east in Sesto Sa n Giova nni is the Pa rco della Media Valle del La mbro a nd to the south west bordering Segra te the Pa rco delle Cascine di Pioltello. At the sa me time the presence of agricultural a reas is very present in the whole a rea since it is a ma in economic activity in the whole region.

Next we a re a nalysing the mobility network mobility network. We distinguish three types of mobility in Mila n a nd Vimodrone: private mobility priva te mobility, which involves all the vehicula r roads reserved for ca rs a nd also the highway A51 Ta ngenziale; public mobility public mobility which involves all mea ns of public tra nsport: bus lines, tra mway lines, ra ilway lines a nd all the metro lines, the only metro line crossing Vimodrone is the Green Line or M2 Underground. Then we have the cycling network cycling network, representing all the cycling la nes in Mila n a nd crossing Vimodrone.