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Although in many developed countries the green transition towards sustainable mobility is going faster and faster towards low or zero emission vehicles, road traffic is so far one of the key PM10 pollution source in urban areas. This research compares and analyses correlations between PM10 pollution trends in urban areas and the following parameters: vehicles fleet, rain precipitations and diesel fuel sales. The city of Rome has been selected as pilot area, analysing data gathered by its PM10 monitoring network between 2006 and 2017.

This paper summarizes and discusses a series of studies conducted in Italy over the last 10 years on the theme of sustainable urban mobility. The studies applied different theoretical models (attitude theory, social representation theory and the communication research approach) and methodological approaches (quantitative and qualitative) to investigate citizens’ orientations (in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs and representations) toward the adoption of more sustainable transportation styles in an urban context.

Il testo affronta il tema assume le green infrastructures come strategia ambientale paesaggistica in grado di affrontare le principali sfide delle aree metropolitane contemporanee: accessibilità a servizi e opportunità, mobilità sostenibile, resilienza, inclusione, rigenerazione ambientale, salute pubblica. Il testo esplora approfonditamente le possibilità di riattivazione urbana connesse alla interconnessione tra reti della mobilità sostenibile e reti di infrastrutturazione ambientale attraverso una metodologia sperimentale applicata alle aree metropolitane di Roma e di Milano.

The salutogenicity of urban environments is significantly affected by their ergonomics, i.e., by the quality of the interactions between citizens and the elements of the built environment. Measuring and modelling urban ergonomics is thus a key issue to provide urban policy makers with planning solutions to increase the well-being, usability and safety of the urban environment. However, this is a difficult task due to the complexity of the interrelations between the urban environment and human activities.