Reinterpreting Spatial Planning Cultures to Define Local Adaptation Cultures: A Methodology from the Central Veneto Region Case

Giovanni Litt, Mattia Bertin, Vittore Negretto and Francesco Musco
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Giovanni Litt: EPiC Earth and Polis Research Centre, FEEM—Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei & Department of Architecture and Arts, Iuav University of Venice, 30135 Venice, Italy
Mattia Bertin: EPiC Earth and Polis Research Centre, FEEM—Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei & Department of Architecture and Arts, Iuav University of Venice, 30135 Venice, Italy
Vittore Negretto: EPiC Earth and Polis Research Centre, FEEM—Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei & Department of Architecture and Arts, Iuav University of Venice, 30135 Venice, Italy
Francesco Musco: EPiC Earth and Polis Research Centre, FEEM—Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei & Department of Architecture and Arts, Iuav University of Venice, 30135 Venice, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-31

Abstract: This paper focuses on recognising the underlying component of climate risk adaptation and management that is present at the local planning level. Starting from a comparative analysis of four Italian cities in the Central Veneto Area, the aim is to understand how plans and regulations have already directed their efforts toward adaptation and climate risk reduction over the years, without explicitly labelling these measures as such. This process is carried out by co-ordinating the technicians of local administrations in the recognition and classification of already active measures that can be brought within the framework of combating the effects of climate change. The analysis of the identified measures shows that there is already considerable attention to flooding-related and heat-related issues in the local planning corpus. Understanding this dimension of local planning allows access to a set of adaptation intervention models that are already integrated into the planning system and support incorporating adaptation practices in a more co-ordinated way at various planning levels.

Keywords: climate change; local plans adaptation; climate-proof planning; risk management; mainstreaming; Veneto region; unwitting adaptation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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