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The final workshop aims to present and share with the public the main results of the RESTART and GREEN-POLIS research projects,  led by the Universities of Rome and Bologna, respectively. The overall aim is to present an integrated view of the knowledge acquired on heat island phenomena and urban pollution, and on mitigation strategies based on innovative and nature-based solutions.

 

Objectives

 

The RESTART and GREEN-POLIS projects share the common goal of improving urban environmental quality and livability by addressing, in an integrated way, the phenomena of the Urban Heat Island and the Urban Pollution Island. RESTART primarily focuses on understanding the physical and chemical processes governing the interaction between UHI and UPI and on assessing the effectiveness of mitigation strategies, with the aim of providing operational guidelines that can be transferred to other urban contexts. GREEN-POLIS complements this approach by investigating, through a multi-scale and strongly experimental framework, the role of Nature-Based Solutions and other urban interventions, evaluating their benefits as well as potential side effects from the street scale up to the city scale.

Specific objectives include:

  • Investigating the physical, meteorological and chemical processes underlying UHI and UPI and their mutual interactions.
  • Quantifying the impacts of heat waves and air pollution events on urban microclimate, ventilation and air quality.
  • Assessing the effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions and other mitigation strategies across multiple spatial scales.
  • Developing and improving observational, experimental and numerical modelling tools for urban climate and air quality studies.

 

Location and Program

 

Where: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy "A. Righi", viale Berti Pichat 6, 40126 Bologna. Room BP-2A (II floor)

The workshop agenda is divided into two main sessions: a morning session aimed at a more specialised audience, in which the activities and results of the projects will be presented, and an afternoon session aimed at citizens and interested stakeholders, in which the practical implications and applications of the research conducted will be discussed.

The complete programme is available in the dedicated section of this page.

 

Registration

 

There is no charge to participate in the workshop, but classroom space is limited to approximately 40 people. Alternatively, it will be possible to follow the presentations remotely. Please register by 23 January 2026.

REGISTER HERE

Funding

 

This workshop received financial support under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.1, Call for tender No. 104 published on 2.2.2022 by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, within the dissemination and scientific discussion activities of the GREEN-POLIS and RESTART projects.