LIFE 2015 Climate Change Adaptation - LIFE15 CCA/CY/000086

Study visit in Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia

and the environmental policies

27/03/2018

Reggio Emilia

Demography

171.655 inhabitants

65% has between 15-64 years

18% comes from a foreign country

Density

744 inhabitants/km2

The Province of Reggio Emilia:

535.000 citizens

56.000 companies

1 company per 10 citizens

SMEs playing a key role in economy

Employment rate: 94,6%

Main sectors:

manufacture: mechanics, plastics,

electronics, agriculture and agrifood

processing, building, ceramics, textile

11th In Italy for export

Export’s value (2015): 9,3 billions Euro

Main area of export:

EU: 6,6 billions

AMERICA: 1,1 billions

ASIA: more than 1 billion

SOUTH AFRICA: 77 millions (+ 1.7%)

Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia

“Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana”

train station, one of the main

high-speed stations in northern

Italy and one of the most

important junctions in the midst

of the Po valley

Reggio Emilia

AGRIFOOD

the birthplace of traditional products that are

celebrated all over the world: Parmigiano Reggiano

Cheese, Lambrusco Wine, Balsamic Vinegar,

Charcuterie and meats.

Importantly, it is also known for its farming and food

industry, for manufacturing, processing, packaging,

farming machinery, as well as for sustainable farming

processes and techniques.

Reggio Emilia

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The Municipality's fundamental objective is to identify tools and methods to increase the visibility

and international relations of Reggio system.

The internationalization action meets the need to support the territory in a process of knowledge

and meeting with foreign countries, with the aim at fostering the local system from an economic

and social point of view. The structuring of solid international relations in fact will generate new

trajectories and new synergies with the world of production and the third sector of the city, making

it more ready to confront with new markets and more open to change and innovation.

The effectiveness of this action will depend greatly on the ability of the E35 Foundation for

International Planning to assist the Municipality in order to obtain European funding and resources

for its territory. The activation of a transnational comparison function of policies and the exchange

of practices, linked to European funding and facilitated by belonging to international networks, will

also encourage innovation and development for the Municipality itself.

Reggio Emilia

• parks and green areas usable for recreational purposes: 4.616.844 m2 (26,92 m2/inhabitant)

• urban green areas municipal management: 9.864.707 m2 (57,52 m2/inhabitant)

• parks managed by "green" volunteers: 1.516.504 m2

• 2.000 new trees planted since dal 2014

• municipal urban vegetable gardens: 11.550 m2

Green areas

• 30 km/h areas: 115,55 km

• public transport network: 181,7 km

• electric vehicles : 323

• cycle lanes extent: 210 km (122,46 m/100 inhabitants)

• Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan

Mobility

• inhabitants served by the aqueduct network: 92,09%

• losses of the aqueduct network: 10,8%

• water consumption pro capite for domestic use: 134,5 litres/day/inhabitant

• resident population served by urban water depuration plants: 90,33%

Water

ENVIRONMENT (2016 data)

Reggio Emilia

• reduction of soil consumption: 136 ha

• sites of Community interest: 2.945.288 m2

• facilitation for periurban agriculture

• redevelopment interventions of the historic center

• reduction of CO2 emissions for new interventions (Carbon Zero project)

• urban redevelopment (ex Reggiane, CIM, Tecnopolo, …)

Urban development

planning

• Environmental Sustainability Education Center

• sustainable mobility house-school (bicibus project)

• neighborhood labs

Education, information

• environmental statement

• Air quality plan - ReggioRespira program - monitoring stations

• dematerialization - online services

Environmentalmanagement

ENVIRONMENT (2016 data)

Reggio Emilia

• volumetries connected to the district heating: 13.395.640 m3

• public and private photovoltaic plants: 23.944 kW

• public photovoltaic plants: 912,3 kW

• SEAP approval

• Mayors Adapt subscription

Energy

• urban waste production: 710 kg/inhabitant/year

• separated collection (2017): 67%

• public fountains – Mayor’s water

• door-to-door collection

• reuse centres

• closing of the incinerator

Waste

ENVIRONMENT (2016 data)

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Serena ForacchiaMunicipality of Reggio Emilia

International City councillor