A1 – PROJECT START UP
Establish legal, administrative, and technical bases for the implementation of the activities of the project and the managing and technical-scientific bodies.
A2 – GREEN ASSET CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
AND CLIMATE PARAMETER
Conduct a tree census of the green area identifying the phenological and dendrometric characteristics and mapping the natural species in 10 sampling areas for each engaged municipality, it will be completed through the participation of citizens and students.
The main goal is to create a check list of useful species guaranteeing specific effect on the different environmental, climate and socio-economic parameters enabling urban planners, private citizens, and business to take conscious decision in the management of the Urban green Asset.
A3 – PHENOLOGICAL MONITORING AREA REALIZATION
Areas with different plant species, whose thermal needs are known in the different phases of life (phenological phases) will be realized in urban green spaces in each pilot municipality.
These plants respond to environmental and climatic conditions of a given area and to annual climatic variations by anticipating or delaying some phases such as flowering. By monitoring the phenological phases it is possible to highlight climate change and how theses plants adapt to these changes.
The monitoring in the PMA will be carried out in the following years weekly by experts, citizens and above all by students with the supervision of teachers who have received basic training on the morphological aspects of the plants thus being able to interpret their external manifestations in a sufficiently detailed manner.
A4 – URBAN GREEN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
This action will provide information and projections tools on the locations and the characteristics of the urban trees, their environmental and climate performances and the best practices to optimize their climate environmental performances.
A specific WEB Platform will be developed to enable urban planners, citizens and business to interact with the system obtaining the needed information to design and implement positive actions in the frame of Urban Climate Green Asset Strategy.