The town planning strategies adopted in the urban requalification of Bologna envisage indications and rules to favor the reuse of public and private disused spaces and buildings. The objective is to make the city better without using new land.
The urban requalification processes promoted concern service facilities and disused production sites. Each intervention will contribute to improve the public services to the benefit of the city.

Service facilities
A series of service providers are present in the city (hospitals, sports facilities, university, etc.) which, with a specific town plan approved in 2016, can start works for the transformation and renovation of their facilities to improve the provision of public services. The interventions, to be carried out in the near future, mainly focus on: renovation of some hospital and healthcare facilities; building of a new education hub with daycare-kindergarten in the university area in Via Filippo Re; extension of the Bologna FC sports facilities in Casteldebole; extension of the San Donnino park with renovation of some parking spaces; construction of social housing units in Via Barbacci; a small access hall to the MAST.

Data
Total surface area: 53.000 m2
Intervention for public use
Healthcare and University facilities: about 29.000m2
Recreational and sports facilities: about 4.000m2
Other uses, complementary ti the facilities: about 6.000m2
Residential intervention
Housing, corresponding to approximately 44 units: about 3.000m2
Economic-administrative interventions
office building: about 2.000m2

Disused production sites
Everywhere across Bologna, and especially in the Navile neighborhood where used to be the industrial district of the modern city, a specific town plan approved in 2015 identified some 30 disused production sites which can be transformed to revive the areas introducing new functions (residential, business, service facilities) and, at the same time, improve the environment making the existing building more secure and increasing the quantity and quality of public space (green areas, car parks, social housing).

Data
Total surface area: 123.000m2

Interventions for usable surface:
Housing: 36.500m2
Hotel and restaurant facilities: 32.000m2
Businesses: 27.000m2
Economic-administrative purposes: 21.500m2
Social purpose: 4.000m2
Ricreational facilities: 2.000m2

Compared to the benefits for the community
Car parks/parking spaces: 23.000m2
Other purposes: 19.000m2
Green areas: 14.000m2
Social housing (approx. 33 units): 2.500m2
Monetizations: €9.000.000