Grazia Brunetta

R3C-GeoResilience è un plugin open-source progettato in ambito QGIS per mappare le vulnerabilità territoriali, tenendo conto di diverse componenti di sensitività, quali: ambiente, infrastrutture, economia, società e patrimonio culturale. Questo plugin offre un’analisi spaziale dettagliata, identificando le aree vulnerabili a diversi tipi di disturbi, sia puntuali che dinamici. Attraverso valutazioni approfondite di queste vulnerabilità, il plugin supporta città e territori nel prepararsi alle incertezze e alle perturbazioni, contribuendo così a rafforzare la resilienza territoriale. Con questo articolo intendiamo presentare la funzionalità del plugin R3C-GeoResilience e la sua potenzialità nel favorire processi condivisi e responsabili verso la resilienza territoriale.

This open access book builds a framework that holds together numerous open issues in territorial planning: from the understanding of territorial, landscape, environmental and climatic dynamics to the analysis of local vulnerabilities, to the use of modern survey techniques to support planning. What is the role of urban and regional planning in achieving the sustainable development goals of our communities considering the major issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in urban planning?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been studied by many scholars from a wide range of disciplines. Among these investigations, planners and regional scientists have researched the spatial spread of the contagion. Most of these studies tried to explore the spread of the disease in a fixed period, like annually, and analysed the spatial variables that are most influential on the COVID-19 spread over territories.

Energetic resilience is seen as one of the most prominent fields of investigation in the upcoming years. The increasing efficiency of urban systems depends on the conversion of energetic production of buildings, and therefore, from the capacity of urban systems to be more rational in the use of renewable resources. Nevertheless, the integration of the energetic regulation into the ordinary urban planning documents is far from being reached in most of planning processes.

The international debate on resilience has grown around the ability of a community to prepare for and adapt to natural disasters, with a growing interest in holistically understanding complex systems. Although the concept of resilience has been investigated from different perspectives, the lack of understanding of its conceptual comprehensive aspects presents strong limitations for spatial planning and for the adoption of policies and programs for its measurement and achievement.