{"id":42679,"date":"2025-06-15T12:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/?p=42679"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:01:32","slug":"a-concrete-step-towards-the-sponge-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/a-concrete-step-towards-the-sponge-city\/","title":{"rendered":"A concrete step towards the sponge city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]On Tuesday, June 10, a major project for the Borgo Dora neighborhood was inaugurated: the new sustainable urban drainage system built by <strong>SMAT<\/strong>, of which I am honored to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>This infrastructure goes far beyond the technical aspect: it is an example of advanced environmental engineering, designed to address the effects of the <strong>climate crisis<\/strong> and make the city more resilient, livable, and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>The project is part of the &#8220;sponge city&#8221; vision, an urban model that aims to re-naturalize the urban landscape and enhance water as a resource, reducing the risk of flooding and increasing climate adaptation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the people and institutions who made this project possible: <strong>urban innovation also starts with water.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]On Tuesday, June 10, a major project for the Borgo Dora neighborhood was inaugurated: the new sustainable urban drainage system built by SMAT, of which I&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/a-concrete-step-towards-the-sponge-city\/\">Continua a leggere<span> A concrete step towards the sponge city<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3608],"tags":[3627],"class_list":["post-42679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-common-goods","tag-innovazione"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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