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6.2.2 Pilot Area Identification Methodology and Description
Emilia-Romagna Region has decided to select the pilot area of the “Villaggio
Artigiano” (Craftsman Village) in Modena as the Administration was preparing the
Municipal Operational Plan (POC prescribed by the regional planning law) called
“Urban Redevelopment of the West Face of Modena”, and expressed an interest in
experimenting and integrating practical solutions aimed at containing the UHI phenomenon into urban planning (Fig. 6.3).
In this framework, the Municipality of Modena has concluded the approval of a
specific Plan of Urban Redevelopment of the Villaggio Artigiano (http://www.
comune.modena.it/laboratoriocitta/laboratoriocitta/i-progetti-del-laboratorio/
poc-mow).
Given the new environmental context in which the Village is included, the plan
entails interventions aimed at fostering high-performance at the overall urban as
well as environmental systems.
The pilot action lies in the urban area of Modena, in the western sector of the
city; this is an area which might have been considered “almost suburban” until
recently, but is now a rather central location of the city. Today, the Villaggio
Fig. 6.3 POC
6 UHI in the Metropolitan Cluster of Bologna-Modena...
6.2.2 Pilot Area Identification Methodology and Description
Emilia-Romagna Region has decided to select the pilot area of the “Villaggio
Artigiano” (Craftsman Village) in Modena as the Administration was preparing the
Municipal Operational Plan (POC prescribed by the regional planning law) called
“Urban Redevelopment of the West Face of Modena”, and expressed an interest in
experimenting and integrating practical solutions aimed at containing the UHI phenomenon into urban planning (Fig. 6.3).
In this framework, the Municipality of Modena has concluded the approval of a
specific Plan of Urban Redevelopment of the Villaggio Artigiano (http://www.
comune.modena.it/laboratoriocitta/laboratoriocitta/i-progetti-del-laboratorio/
poc-mow).
Given the new environmental context in which the Village is included, the plan
entails interventions aimed at fostering high-performance at the overall urban as
well as environmental systems.
The pilot action lies in the urban area of Modena, in the western sector of the
city; this is an area which might have been considered “almost suburban” until
recently, but is now a rather central location of the city. Today, the Villaggio
Fig. 6.3 POC
6 UHI in the Metropolitan Cluster of Bologna-Modena...