In the last issue of Territorio (n°67) – the magazine of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Politecnico di Milano –  you can find an article by Latitude with Efrem Ferrari discussing strategies of reusing peri-urban open spaces in order to introduce new forms of energy and eco-services production, in relation to the project “Reforestation for Urban Resilience”.

The processes of rapid and uneven urbanization that can be found in the diffusely inhabited areas of the Upper Po Plain have left a dense deposit of residual outdoor spaces, which could become a resource to restore the balance of the urban ecosystem, if reinterpreted appropriately. The article discusses strategies for the reorganization of urban metabolism by means of forms of integrated urban forestation (FUI). The description of a scenario and of some prototype models of integrated urban forestation highlights not only the production capacities but also the numerous environmental services which forestation can offer in a diffuse urban area.