Mobility infrastructures facing climate change impact. The case of Genoa

The issue of mobility has always been one of the main aspects on which the quality and efficiency of an administration is measured, a testing ground for cooperation between public and private, institutions and citizens. If it is true that the "resilient city" is achieved by planning innovative social, economic and environmental responses that enable it to adapt (modify) in the long run to the stresses of the environment and history, the main goal achieved in recent years in Genoa, has been the creation of integrated simulation tools and models for assessing the environmental impact of traffic planning measures, prepared to provide decision support in the field of mobility in order to reduce congestion and alleviate the impact on citizens' health. Today, the energy transition and the push to reduce urban congestion add complexity to a demanding challenge. Genoa represents a "permanent observatory" in which to study and test the best solutions to accompany the city and its inhabitants toward a more sustainable and smarter future. In these terms, the contribution aims to highlight how infrastructure can be a tool to integrate a particularly complex territory such as Genoa and a strategy in urban design to counter and mitigate climate change and its short- and medium-term consequences.