The escalating effects of climate change pose significant threats to cities; in particular, heavy rainfall, flooding, rising extreme temperatures, and urban heat island effects significantly impact the urban environment, life quality, and health in the Mediterranean.
The RE-ACT Schools project addresses these challenges by focusing on climate change adaptation and risk prevention in school outdoor spaces. Schoolyards, especially in cities where public green living areas are limited, are valuable assets that offer unique opportunities to test and promote Nature-based and innovative technological solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation capable to reduce the climate hazard.
To achieve this goal, the project brings together a diverse and complementary partnership that comprises 2 research institutions, 5 public bodies, and a territorial development agency from 6 Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, France, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Cyprus).
Our project partners will work together to transform 6 schoolyards through Pilot Actions into green, climate-resilient and innovative spaces that promote healthy and active lifestyles among students and the wider community, according to the goals of the New European Bauhaus and Green Deal.
The testing activity will be accompanied by a capacity-building phase finalised to define an innovative design methodology to mitigate heat stress, manage water resources efficiently, enhance biodiversity, and offer climate shelters to the citizens in the Mediterranean urban context based on the use of ENVI-met microclimatic simulations and Digital Urban Climate Twin models to test advanced methods for analysing, designing, and monitoring climate-resilient schoolyards.
The knowledge developed during the project will be collected in an innovative Action Plan and a multimedia tool to support the Public Administration of the Med Area in managing the regenerative transformation of schoolyards and public spaces.
