Adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici nelle green city: sperimentazioni progettuali in quattro quartieri IACP di Roma

This chapter passes from theoretical analysis to the implementation of a research effort on urban regeneration in accordance with the Climate Adaptive Design (CAD) model in an area in the northwest quadrant of the Roman periphery. Providing a general overview of the area and analyzing its physical, morphological, and socioeconomic aspects, the research is aimed at strengthening the use of natural bioclimatic factors with a view to environmental comfort and sustainability and to reinforcing the capacities of resilience and adaptation to the eff ects of climate change – while reducing energy consumption and pollutant emissions. The chapter goes on to describe the applied methodology, the research steps, and the examined parameters that led to redefi ning the intervention strategies for repurposing individual areas and public spaces, and for requalifying green spaces and dwellings. The impacts of the design choices in terms of performance are analyzed in the situation before and after the intervention, providing the exact measure of the planned restoration. The experimentation, though, is not an end unto itself, because it has the dynamic dimension of a work in progress, open to contributions from other scholars.