More than half of the European population live in small and medium size municipalities, where climate adap-tation planning is an under-researched topic within the climate change field. Many constraints might hinder the implementation of adaptation pilot projects due to lack of economic, knowledge, and technical available re-sources. Local institutions find difficulties in building a coherent local adaptation planning and design processes with international and national frameworks. In this context, this article proposes a methodology based on the available international frameworks to support the small communities with the aim to implement adaptation pilot projects within different sectors. In doing so, this paper tests a climate change adaptation cycle for pilot projects development in small municipalities; the first in Italy for small municipalities under 20.000 inhabitants. The proposed methodology could lead local adaptation initiatives in climate change risk assessment by supporting the research communities in developing a coherent vision for the local territories and to identify proper oriented measures to enhance demonstrative pilot projects and to increase the level of resilience in small municipalities, avoiding maladaptation.
Ricciardi, G; Ellena, M; Barbato, G; Giugliano, G; Schiano, P; Leporati, S; Traina, C; Mercogliano, P
Climate change adaptation cycle for pilot projects development in small municipalities: The northwestern Italian regions case study
City And Environment Interactions