All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the NATiURB Nature for an Inclusive and Innovative Urban Regeneration during 16 and 17 June 2022 in Milan, Italy. These articles have been peer reviewed by the members of the Scientific Committee and approved by the Editor-in-Chief,...

Since 2018, the CLEVER Cities project has put into practice an inclusive co-creation processes that aims at involving stakeholders (particularly: citizens, civil society, public and private entities) in decision-making for the implementation of large-scale, urban Nature-based Solutions (NBS). The scope...

This study examines critically the methodologies used in the H2020 EU Financed URBiNAT (Urban Innovative and Inclusive Nature) project, with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of different methods analysing intervention areas in deprived urban environments prior to the implementation of nature-based...

Planners and engineers are increasingly interested in implementing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in rural mountain areas to adapt to hydrometeorological risks such as flooding, landslides, mudflows or rockfalls. While co-design and implementing NBS in urban areas has already been applied and is well documented,...

Urban allotment gardens and community gardens were always crucial in building urban resilience in periods of crisis. They were critical during the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, the two World Wars, the Great Depression, and more recently in the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper presents a brief...

In the context of the EU-funded CLEVER Cities project, the imperative inclusion of all citizens and stakeholders in a collaborative design process was paramount. This paper focuses on the co-design pathway developed by the Urban Living Lab 1 in Milan, namely CLEVER Action Lab.1 (CAL1), following the...

The integration of green infrastructures into urban planning has the potential to create more resilient and livable cities. This paper intends to present a co-programming path that has seen professionals and non-profit organizations collaborating with the Municipality of Altamura (Italy) in the development...

Diversity and inclusion are crucial aspects of creating accessible public spaces in cities for all. The answers to the questions raised by the theme are currently understood as determinants in the context of sustainability and socio-territorial cohesion. The concept of inclusion is part of the contemporary...

This text reflects on the urgency and potential of integrating a feminist perspective in architecture and its education, historically conceived from an androcentric vision that suppressed the voice of women and minoritised social groups. In this context, the experience of the inter-university virtual...

The paper presents an overview of the multi-faceted women’s on-site participation and their diverse roles and contributions in the Horizon 2020 project URBINAT in Sofia. Building on a gender-sensitive perspective, the analysis relates publicly available statistical data to the URBINAT results obtained...

Every child has the right to engage in play and recreational activities. Public play-spaces offer venues and opportunities for children to socially interact with their peers through play. The literature on inclusive play-space design has considered the needs of children with mind–body–emotional differences,...

The city of São Paulo is one of the largest cities in the world, full of different socio-economic and cultural realities. Designing and implementing quality public policies in such a diverse environment poses a challenge that can only be met through an open government that ensures that the various social...

The pursuit of the Right to the City (R2C) calls for prioritizing the most affected by its absence [1]. Operationally, this denotes a two-way dynamic between the impact of bottom-up emancipatory practices on transforming institutional norms and the ability of top-down resources to reach and activate...

The present paper addresses the relationship between urban agriculture, activism and the right to the city in three different contexts: São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France), and Lausanne (Switzerland). Largely based on qualitative research performed between 2016 and 2022 in the three aforementioned cities,...

The present investigation arises from the belief that nothing can be discussed about inclusive public spaces without questioning the exclusion of people with the most diverse types of disabilities from such spaces. However, accessibility is far from being a recurring theme in public urbanization policies...

This work aimed to identify which barriers persons with neuromotor disorders face often to participation in community settings and to encourage all actors in society to become agents of inclusion in their social and professional circles. An online survey among persons with neuromotor disorders identified...

This paper aims to frame and analyze the importance of design tools to integrate the collective projections of the community and enhance their appropriation of a specific place of the healthy corridor that URBiNAT H2020 project is developing in the city of Porto (Portugal): a vacant ruin of an old farm...

Participatory approaches and transdisciplinary co-creation strategies are among the best practices for integrated and inclusive contemporary urban management. This article focuses on cultural heritage mapping through the participation of stakeholders and provides i) critical analysis of two case studies:...

This text addresses the perception of the urban environment, as a collective process in which identities are constructed and where the anthropocentric nature of the soundscape presents a sonic biography of both the place and the listener/subject. Therefore, it is necessary to consider perceptions of...

Cities encounter today systemic societal challenges. Therefore, a comprehensive and holistic approach to overcome them is needed, instead of dealing with them individually. The New Urban Agenda proposed a new paradigm shift in sustainable development, calling for a global action on well-management and...

This paper refers to a participatory experience entitled “BEYOND ANY LIMIT. Rethinking borders in the new Europe'’, which was meant to imagine a “Widespread and Resilient Cross border Park'’ between the Italian city of Gorizia and the Slovene city of Nova Gorica; the URBINAT project and its...

Urban green infrastructure (GI) and protected areas (PAs) particularly are providing an extraordinary set of ecosystem services, but ecological and social components of urban livability contradict each other due to limited space and various demands of stakeholders. Definitions of regulating (R), institutional...

Public spaces have become fragile environments where minority groups, children and their caretakers are the most affected by socio-spatial inequalities. The real and perceived insecurity has been restricting minors’ presence to institutionalised places designed especially for them. This form of integration...

The value of nature for creating healthier environments in cities have been growing in attention. Even if there is research focused on the relation between nature, city, and communities, there is little research in the cultural significance of urban greenery, where people like to spend time, and how...

University of Padua's UNICITYLab arises as a hub for the study and co-design of policy interventions for the strategic development of Padua as a University City, responding to the need to understand the university-city interaction within the socio-economical system, along with the need to “know...

The fast urbanism activities increase the impacts of challenges that are faced in the built environment include environmental, economic, and social problems. These problems have made sustainability an obligation, and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and people engagement keys factor for mitigation. Together...

Innovation and entrepreneurship approaches, typically designed to serve economic development and corporate ambitions, can be adopted and repurposed for driving communities towards sustainable and inclusive growth. Recognising this as well as the pressing need for change and the obligation to solve a...

Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects present, from a social point of view, a wide range of actors involved. Despite the great importance of all the actors involved in PPP processes in urban regeneration projects, there is a strong role for local actors. The strong presence of local...

Urban regeneration practices are increasingly used in urban development in different contexts. The regeneration of urban areas, especially when these represent strategic areas of cities, is inserted in a scenario of increasing competition between cities, globalization, and neoliberalism. Neoliberalism...

Climate change, in combination with urbanisation, has generated processes that affect the environment and society, calling for cities to become more sustainable and resilient. In this context, the Deputy Goura mandate presented good practices from Brazil at the Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban...