City, Architecture and Sustainable Design in the North-Eastern Italian Territories

The involvement of the University of Trieste in iNEST Spoke 4 offered a valuable opportunity to address environmental, energy, social, and economic challenges in the north-eastern Italian territories. Through an interdisciplinary planning and design approach, research explored three main fields: smart networks for biodiversity and water; innovative technologies and solutions to transform the construction sector and retrofit existing buildings; and new urban policies and design strategies to tackle growing conditions of poverty and social vulnerability.