Smart Management of urban green areas on the example of Pisa

Smart Management of urban green areas on the example of Pisa

Luca Inzaina l.inzaina@euroamb.it

Damiano Remorini damiano.remorini@unipi.it

Andrea Vecchi andrea.vecchi@liberologico.com

Paolo Viskanic paolo.viskanic@r3-gis.com

Content

•  Introduction •  Issues in management of public green areas •  Factsheet of Pisa •  Details on green area management

•  Stakeholder •  Management of green areas and all it‘s assets •  Workflows of activities •  Quality control •  Public Partecipation

•  Conclusions

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Importance of urban green areas

Urban green areas bring physical, economical, aesthetical, cultural, psychological and social benefits and increase resilience of urban environments. •  An adult tree absorbs 55-110Kg of PM10 and other

pollutants (Centre for Urban Horticulture –Univ. of Washington)

•  An adult beech absorbs 2,35 kg CO2/hour and produces 1,7 kg of O2/hour

•  Trees around buildings absorb heat during summer months by 10-15% reducing the need for air conditioning by 80%

•  There are many more benefits by trees and green areas.

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LegalContext

•  Law 10/2013 applies to all cities over 15.000 inhabitants: –  One tree for each new-born (or adopted) child –  Information of citizen about extent of green areas and trees

planted –  Tree inventory –  Inventory and protection of natural monuments –  Promotion of new ways of planning, implementing and

maintaining green areas

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PisaFactsheet

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Pisa has 90.000 inhabitants and over 3 Mio. tourists. The green areas are managed by an external company.

SomedataontheCityofPisa

Urbangreenareas 1.050.000m2

Greenareas/ci?zen 11m2

Urbanpublictrees(n.) 15.000

Playgrounds(n.) 42

Playequipment(n.) 170

Yearlymanagementbudget

2,1M.€

Livingfences/hedges 21.000m

Budget/m2 2€

Whysmartmanagement?

SmartGreen

Safetyofpublicgreen

areas

Traceabilityaccountability

Efficiencyinmanagement

Publicpar?cipa?on

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Components of smart management

WORKFLOWOPERATORS&PUBLIC

SOFTWARE

INVENTORY

For an efficient management of green areas you need an inventory, software for data management, adequate workflows, qualified staff and public participation

The software allows all stakeholders to participate

Acommunica?onpla_orm

All stakeholders access a central database

MapInterface

Treeinventoryandsecurity

VisualAssessment

Instrumentalchecks

Prescrip?onsandjobs

RiskclassApproval

Newassessmentplanned

Each tree is subject to periodic assessment to ensure public safety and quality of urban green spaces

VisualTreeAssessment(VTA)

Visual Assessment

Instrumental Analysis

Monitoringofplaygroundsafety

•  Periodical inspections, •  Evaluation of safety, •  Planning and tracing maintenance activities

Monitoringofplaygroundsafety

Inspections are associated to playground equipment through NFC Tags.

Planningofac?vi?es

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All maintenance activities are planned and managed on the plattform ensuring tracebility

Gancofallplannedac?vi?es

Detailsofeachjobwithcostsandinterestedassets

CHECKinthefieldwith

smartphone

TransferofNON

COMPLIANCEStoserver

Iden?fica?onofOBJECTSandevalua?onofplannedjobs

MainteinanceJOBisplannedandcarriedout

NoncomplianceisSOLVEDand

qualityensured

Qualitycontrol

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Operatorsofthemunicipalityandmaintenancecompanyhavethepossibilitytoreportnoncompliancesviasmartphoneinthefield.

Qualitycontrol

•  Non compliances are recorded in the field through Android smartphones with position, picture and attributes.

•  All data is transferred to the server, where it is combined with the GIS and checked against open jobs and previous non-compliances

•  After checks a job is created and assigned to the contractor responsible for the site

Publicpar?cipa?on

Therearedifferentwaystoreportandmonitortheproblemsreported:appforsmartphoneorwebportal.

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Publicpar?cipa?on

Asfornoncompliancesrecordedbyoperatorsofthemunicipality,thereisasimilarworkflowforproblemsrecordedbythepublic:

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ProblemregisteredbyMunicipality

Noncompliancecreated

Jobcreatedandcarried

out

Noncomplincesolvedandci?zen

informed

Ci?zenreportsproblem

Conclusions

ThesmartmanagementofpublicgreenareasensuresbringsanumberofadvantagestothecityofPisa:•  Efficientcarryingoutofmaintenanceac?vi?es•  Accountabilityandtraceabilityofallac?vi?escarriedout

•  Safetyforci?zenenjoyingthegreenareas.

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Thankyouforyourinterest

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Luca Inzaina l.inzaina@euroamb.it

Damiano Remorini damiano.remorini@unipi.it

Andrea Vecchi andrea.vecchi@liberologico.com

Paolo Viskanic paolo.viskanic@r3-gis.com