No. 28 (2024): Public works, common value
Essays and Viewpoint

Coastal Greenways in Italy: an Environmental Infrastructure Awaiting an Integrated Territorial Project

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  • Antonio Alberto Clemente,
  • Angelica Nanni
Antonio Alberto Clemente
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara
Angelica Nanni
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-15863

Published 2024-10-29

Keywords

  • Greenway,
  • Environmental infrastructure,
  • Landscape,
  • Fragility,
  • Territory

How to Cite

Clemente, A. A., & Nanni, A. (2024). Coastal Greenways in Italy: an Environmental Infrastructure Awaiting an Integrated Territorial Project. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (28), 90–100. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-15863

Copyright (c) 2024 Antonio Alberto Clemente

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Abstract

Greenways, territorial fragilities, and landscape are distinct themes. This is evident from the comparison of projects for the five coastal greenways already implemented in Italy on abandoned railway tracks. The aim is to overcome this separation by envisioning the greenway as an environmental infrastructure that serves as a catalyst for a broader territorial project, as achieved by San Rafael, Melbourne, and Enschede. The perspective is to utilise rain gardens, bioswales, and stormwater tree trenches to transform the greenway into a permeable body where existing and planned vegetation provides opportunities to rethink open space in terms of ecosystem services. This new design concept is also beneficial for the fourteen greenways scheduled for future implementation.

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