Green Infrastructures to mitigate flood risks in Urban and sub-urban areas and to improve the quality of rainwater discharges

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The project addresses the risk of flooding in the coastal river basins of the cooperation area, resulting from the impacts of climate change. Human activities and the increasing urbanization of these areas increase the risk of floods thus creating greater risks to human life, economic and cultural activities. To mitigate these risks, the project intends to integrate nature-based solutions through the testing of Green Urban Infrastructure (IUV) in the inhabited parts of these basins and thus supporting the global optimization of cross-border coastal communities. The project plans to develop its own mitigation framework through the implementation of three key action areas. The first action focuses on the experimentation (adaptation) of three types of IUV, porous flooring, rain gardens and green roofs, analyzed and implemented on a laboratory and real scale in Sicily and Malta. The second action of the project focuses on the integration of IUVs in a GIS-based basin model that will allow modelling on about 90,000,000 sqm between Sicily and Malta of runoff flows (and floods) in different application scenarios. This modelling will provide an IUV planning tool for local and regional authorities. The third action of the project focuses on the development of a General Plan drawn up on the basis of the results of the two previous actions. This plan aims to develop a guiding methodology for local authorities in defining the economically optimal level of application of IUVs. Finally, the project will propose a policy paper on the application of IUVs to mitigate flood risk, encouraging a greater focus on presenting the technical and scientific results of the project to policy makers. These actions will be complemented by communication and dissemination activities (conferences, green workshops, technical visits, exchange of experts) carried out during the project that will contribute to the promotion of IUVs.

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