Fixing Urban Risks in Sensitive Historic Environment

This chapter aims to show quality improvement of site transformation as a defined ‘Heritage Open Space in Transformation’, (HOST)1 and to develop comprehensive urban design frameworks and masterplans shaped by critical resilience-based strategies within the Florence UNESCO Area. Particularly, to obtain a higher degree of space equity and place value a better city connectivity must be proposed through a network of walkable and cycle routes, green streets, and green open spaces. Dynamic and sensitive approaches must be adopted to transform and revitalize open spaces towards strengthening small spaces, green streets. Particularly, one of the principal goals of historic cities policy is for a greener urban environment that will help improve urban quality, health, and well-being, reduce urban heat impacts, and bring nature into the city. Consequently, the green living must focus on providing easy people’s access to quality green spaces to address climate and health challenges. It is important to develop urban greening to meet commitments such as urban ecology strategic action plan, urban forest strategy, streetscaping increasing TreesCanopy Cover, (TCC) and so on.