Smart Management of urban green areas on the example of Pisa
Luca Inzaina [email protected]
Damiano Remorini [email protected]
Andrea Vecchi [email protected]
Paolo Viskanic [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Damiano Remorini [email protected]
Andrea Vecchi [email protected]
Paolo Viskanic [email protected]