August’s issue of Gattopardo traces how our summers are changing: an unprecedented warming that has reshaped Sicily’s landscape over the past two decades, from the rise of “coolcation” travel toward Northern Europe to the incoming Bolkestein directive on beach concessions, and two centuries of seaside history leading up to...
We are thrilled to share an important milestone for our team! Our study “The benefits of green roofs for urban water management and thermal regulation: Insights from Catania (Sicily, Italy)” has been published in the prestigious international journal Ecological Engineering, the result of two years of field monitoring (2024–2025) on...
A new study by Giuffrida et al. (2026) examines how communities in the Simeto Valley, an Italian inner area, perceive environmental fragilities and their willingness to adopt Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). By combining participatory action research, GIS mapping, and focus groups, the study highlights the interlinked environmental and socio-economic vulnerabilities...
The project outputs are now available online, including monitoring reports, technical reports, hydraulic reports, an operational handbook, and a policy paper. Download the documents: Policy paper, photos, and other useful documents Monitoring, technical, and hydraulic reports Hankbook and masterplan
