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The research refers to the eco-social theory and environmental accessibility principles towards inclusive strategies and it targets public spaces used as a requirement for an autonomous and independent life. The contribution, referring to the 2030 Agenda, presents the experiment applied to the Municipality of Udine, a medium-size Italian city. While drafting the PEBA, the research focuses on urban itineraries, adopting and updating the regulatory tools in force. The administration, supported by the university, commuted the drafting process into a strategic opportunity of knowledge of the context defining the relationships between citizens and urban habitat. The research provides the possibility to qualify some strategic objectives and identify potential actions for an increasingly people-friendly city.

The research refers to the eco-social theory and environmental accessibility principles towards inclusive strategies and it targets public spaces used as a requirement for an autonomous and independent life. The contribution, referring to the 2030 Agenda, presents the experiment applied to the Municipality of Udine, a medium-size Italian city. While drafting the PEBA, the research focuses on urban itineraries, adopting and updating the regulatory tools in force. The administration, supported by the university, commuted the drafting process into a strategic opportunity of knowledge of the context defining the relationships between citizens and urban habitat. The research provides the possibility to qualify some strategic objectives and identify potential actions for an increasingly people-friendly city.

Key to the regeneration of urban and suburban environments is the use of the forest as an architectural and technological tool. This element is fundamentally important for the sustainable design of an environmental system in all its scales because of its diverse functionality in many ecosystems. Just as in a production process where the end product can rarely be used further, the progressive development of land reduces its functionality and services, many times to the detriment of future generations. On this basis, analogous to the elements of the building system, a university research group conducted an experimentation for the region of Friuli Venezia-Giulia, a border area in the north-east of Italy whose southern boundary is the northern basin of the Adriatic Sea. It was identified that the forest - and more generallythe green matter –is the minimum element on which to base the research by defining classes of needs, requirements and performances. Throughout this project, consideration was given to the ecosystem services that the vegetation is able to provide to the environment and society, investigating the relationship between form and function.

Key to the regeneration of urban and suburban environments is the use of the forest as an architectural and technological tool. This element is fundamentally important for the sustainable design of an environmental system in all its scales because of its diverse functionality in many ecosystems. Just as in a production process where the end product can rarely be used further, the progressive development of land reduces its functionality and services, many times to the detriment of future generations. On this basis, analogous to the elements of the building system, a university research group conducted an experimentation for the region of Friuli Venezia-Giulia, a border area in the north-east of Italy whose southern boundary is the northern basin of the Adriatic Sea. It was identified that the forest - and more generallythe green matter –is the minimum element on which to base the research by defining classes of needs, requirements and performances. Throughout this project, consideration was given to the ecosystem services that the vegetation is able to provide to the environment and society, investigating the relationship between form and function.

The contribution, based on the real case study of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, proposes a critical reflection on the model of Ecologically Equipped Production Areas (APEA), highlighting the importance of a broader vision that can integrate the different scales of intervention with the specificities of the contexts to which they belong, intertwining economic, social and spatial dynamics. From this point of view, Italy, as a center of the Mediterranean basin, can represent a context of experimentation for the reuse and regeneration of production areas, also increasing the competitiveness of the national production system.

The contribution, based on the real case study of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, proposes a critical reflection on the model of Ecologically Equipped Production Areas (APEA), highlighting the importance of a broader vision that can integrate the different scales of intervention with the specificities of the contexts to which they belong, intertwining economic, social and spatial dynamics. From this point of view, Italy, as a center of the Mediterranean basin, can represent a context of experimentation for the reuse and regeneration of production areas, also increasing the competitiveness of the national production system.