ASITA ACADEMY 2023, Dec. 20th, 2023

Today we presented at AsitaAcademy2023 with the topic “Geomatics and Sustainable Development” our work “GIS Analysis for urban anti-fragility to climate change” to demonstrate how much Geomatics in the synthetic representation of complex phenomena can support planning to mitigate the effects of climate change in our territories.

Thanks to the exhibitor Paola Caselli and all the authors Alessandro Seravalli Davide Magurno Fabio Bologna Luca Galeotti Beatrice Giorgi and Andrea Lugli Sis.Ter srl SB Integration between protection and land use is needed. Florence, as Mayor Nardella reminds us, has a strong tourist presence, and in such a dense context space is vital. Thus the challenge to regeneration without increasing volumes but transforming places. 15 million tourists a year are concentrated in the historic center, and this is not sustainable. Choices have been made in the past to take some public and social functions out of the historic center with the aim of making the suburbs more lively. A good idea, but without giving an answer to the center that was being deprived of these functions and invaded by tourism. What vocation do we give to the historic center? Without visionary and strategic urban planning, we cannot change cities and provide answers to current challenges. If we do not have clear content we create ugly containers. Mayor Nardella reminds how in Europe the Urban Agenda is not the priority but, remembering David Sassoli, Europe is a history of cities not states, cities gave birth to languages. Cities are social laboratories and the history of cities allow us to build a sustainable future.

A day full of discussion and contributions that brought together public, private, institutions, research, professionals and businesses, and where an important multidisciplinary approach emerged. On this day we were asked to bring a contribution, an experience: how digital enters the territory and tourism. It was an opportunity to present the PolisEye project and launch the contents of its evolution with the recently launched Sustainable4Cities project. Thanks to the organizers and the scientific committee of UrbanPromo and Urbit.