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In addition to mitigating routes and providing shade for resting places, the planned
trees provide green bands with the purpose of cooling and mitigating the noise
pollution that is present in this area. Specifically, the cycling lanes and the break
areas take on different meanings:
– the connection between the different parts and the Rogoredo station, which represents the closest metropolitan public transport hub. As it is significantly close to
both areas, yet perceived as distant (especially from Chiaravalle due to the difficulty
of access), the protected cycling lane represents the possibility of reconnecting to
the center and to other parts of the city;
– the connection of the new routes to a system existing and planned urban cycling
lanes, still fragmentary. In this way, the network would allow users to reach central
parts of the city of Milan through a safe, secure, and relatively short cycling path,
equipped with services and rest areas;
– the connection with external routes on a territorial scale, which concerns leisure
activities, the relation with the agricultural countryside to the south and with the
historical heritage, Abbeys, farms, hydraulic works, etc. The connection involves
also the Forlanini and Lambro Parks. This would favor the development of slow
and sustainable tourism, especially at Chiaravalle.
The planned continuity of green areas provided by the green lines and cycling
paths allows for better air circulation within the urban and peri-urban districts. In
addition to the implementation of the new planned green connections, the ecosystemic complexity of the areas will also be enhanced through a reforestation initiative
along the northern tracks of the railroad (Porto di Mare southern area).
In cities, including Milan, the function of rows of trees is usually reduced to the
mere shading of the streets. The mitigation of pedestrian areas, cycle paths, and
neighborhoods’ living spaces becomes a goal to guarantee conditions of thermoenvironmental well-being in the urbanized space, a need induced by the urban heat
island (UHI) phenomenon. Enhancing the cooling capability through vegetation
along green lines and selecting vegetation with a high density of foliage and resistant
to water scarcity will help to provide shade for the soil, which will stay moist and
fresh for longer. This means to integrate this new conception of infrastructures in the
regeneration or development projects for public spaces and an appropriate synergy
with the location of district facilities (Comune di Firenze, no date).
5 The Recovery and Landscape Resilience
of the Rogoredo-Poasco Decommissioned Railroad
A new crucial role is emerging for the reuse of disused rail lines worldwide. Italy
has also proposed a law for the realization of a national network of slow mobility,
based on intermodality between biking, walking, leisure trails, and local railways,
which promotes green mobility, landscape resilience, physical activity of people,
recreation, tourism, and safeguarding of the diffused territorial assets.
R. Neri and L. A. Pezzetti
In addition to mitigating routes and providing shade for resting places, the planned
trees provide green bands with the purpose of cooling and mitigating the noise
pollution that is present in this area. Specifically, the cycling lanes and the break
areas take on different meanings:
– the connection between the different parts and the Rogoredo station, which represents the closest metropolitan public transport hub. As it is significantly close to
both areas, yet perceived as distant (especially from Chiaravalle due to the difficulty
of access), the protected cycling lane represents the possibility of reconnecting to
the center and to other parts of the city;
– the connection of the new routes to a system existing and planned urban cycling
lanes, still fragmentary. In this way, the network would allow users to reach central
parts of the city of Milan through a safe, secure, and relatively short cycling path,
equipped with services and rest areas;
– the connection with external routes on a territorial scale, which concerns leisure
activities, the relation with the agricultural countryside to the south and with the
historical heritage, Abbeys, farms, hydraulic works, etc. The connection involves
also the Forlanini and Lambro Parks. This would favor the development of slow
and sustainable tourism, especially at Chiaravalle.
The planned continuity of green areas provided by the green lines and cycling
paths allows for better air circulation within the urban and peri-urban districts. In
addition to the implementation of the new planned green connections, the ecosystemic complexity of the areas will also be enhanced through a reforestation initiative
along the northern tracks of the railroad (Porto di Mare southern area).
In cities, including Milan, the function of rows of trees is usually reduced to the
mere shading of the streets. The mitigation of pedestrian areas, cycle paths, and
neighborhoods’ living spaces becomes a goal to guarantee conditions of thermoenvironmental well-being in the urbanized space, a need induced by the urban heat
island (UHI) phenomenon. Enhancing the cooling capability through vegetation
along green lines and selecting vegetation with a high density of foliage and resistant
to water scarcity will help to provide shade for the soil, which will stay moist and
fresh for longer. This means to integrate this new conception of infrastructures in the
regeneration or development projects for public spaces and an appropriate synergy
with the location of district facilities (Comune di Firenze, no date).
5 The Recovery and Landscape Resilience
of the Rogoredo-Poasco Decommissioned Railroad
A new crucial role is emerging for the reuse of disused rail lines worldwide. Italy
has also proposed a law for the realization of a national network of slow mobility,
based on intermodality between biking, walking, leisure trails, and local railways,
which promotes green mobility, landscape resilience, physical activity of people,
recreation, tourism, and safeguarding of the diffused territorial assets.