OPENAGRI: “Innovation in the Agri-food sector for whom?

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Understanding and identifying convergences and divergences of the proposed
innovation, focusing on the actors involved and target groups.

ANNEX

POLITECNICO DI MILANO Professor: Paola BRIATA

M.Sc. Urban Planning and Policy Design Professor: Valeria FEDELI

ERASMUS+ JEAN MONNET COURSE Bisma ASIF /// Matr. 873507

EU REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY
EU CITIES AND EU URBAN POLICIES
MODULE 2 / A.Y. 2017-2018
Wajiha MUZAFFAR /// Matr. 879645
Antonela SBORLINI /// Matr. 871172
Sally TORRES /// Matr. 871958
Ariela VALVERDE /// Matr. 865642
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7. ANNEX

7.1. PHYSICAL LOCATION.

PORTA ROMANA
TRAIN STATION

PORTO DI MARE
METRO STATION

CASCINA NOSEDO

WATER TREATMENT
PLANT

CHIARAVALLE
ABBEY

Figure 01. Immediate context and location of Cascina Nosedo (epicenter of OpenAgri proposal). Source:
OpenStreet map (https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/45.4304/9.2072&layers=H).

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Table 01. Actors (Partners) classification. Source: Own elaboration based on data from OpenAgri project summary and
Lindermann, S., Scarnera F., (2017) Jean Monnet course analysis report: “Is OpenAgri a long-term sustainable project as
defined by the economic feasibility and governance?”.
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Table 02. General challenges comparison. Source: Own elaboration based on data from the call for OpenAgri project, Urbact, OECD and

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Table 03. Annual Employment rate statistics and Annual Youth Unemployment rate statistics (Milan). Source: dati.comune.milano.it

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Table 04. Keywords comparison. Source: Own elaboration.

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Table 05. Case studies comparison. Source: Own elaboration.

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7.3. SOCIAL ANALYSIS.

The southeastern sector of the City of Milan is characterized by prominent boundaries

within its urban fabric. These boundaries have caused critical fragmentation between the urban,
peri-urban and rural tissues in the area.
The current analysis was done as part of “Energy and Urban Planning Workshop” related
to a wider area, but where the OpenAgri epicenter has a relevant role. The Sharing Cities district
of Porta Romana was the framework of the research. However, since the information plotted is
also relevant for the OpenAgri case, it is pertinent and enriching to show.

CASCINA NOSEDO

Figure 02. The current condition of the Sharing cities district, with the identification of the segregated areas
and socio-economic conditions. Source: Own elaboration.

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The maps represent the socio economic levels and the existing uses and services,
allowing the determination of the types of population. The area is characterized by a lack of social
integration due to segregation, lack of connection between the city level and local centralities and
lack of continuity in linear centralities.
There is an interesting richness in terms of uses, which are localized in a segregated way.
Also, the barriers (physical and social ones) that section the territory have a great relevance in
the general context.

CASCINA NOSEDO

CASCINA NOSEDO

CASCINA NOSEDO

Figure 03. Main problematics mapped and the characterization of the area through the presence of old
population, foreigners, low number of graduates and social housing. Source: Own elaboration.

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7.4. URBAN SERVICE: CASCINA MOBILE.

Cascina Radice is an Urban Service (proposed for the Energy and Urban Planning
Workshop) that consists on a path of existing cascinas interconnected in a city of Milan that host
and educate citizens while allowing the development of productive activities.
Based on a thematic tour, each cascina have a unique identity but also is part of a whole
system. The Cascina network focuses on the empowering of the existing farmhouses to integrate
them into a collaborative network, through the development of dynamic paths.
There is an interconnectivity through three channels: site (people goes to the Cascina) –
Cascina mobile (Cascina goes to the people) – app (data of the cascinas in the network).
The idea of Cascina Mobile is that the idea of the farmhouse and its activities can go to
the neighborhood, enhancing citizen engagement and including vulnerable groups, through the
sharing of knowledge and tools for the community.

Figure 04. Cascina Radice Urban service: Path, proposal, and identification of the different farmhouses
present in the area. Source: Own elaboration.

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