International “Enhancing Nature in Cities” Conference
Frameworks and strategies for resilient and healthy urban enviroments
13-14 November 2025 | Piazzale Tecchio 80
DEADLINE EXTENSION
The deadline for long abstract submission has been officially extended to June 23rd!
Contemporary cities face increasingly complex challenges in terms of citizens’ well-being, public health, resilience to climate change and the ecological comfort of outdoor spaces. Air pollution, urban heat islands, the loss of biodiversity and the increase in natural and anthropogenic risks require new strategic paradigms for urban planning, land use, programme planning and building design aimed at integrated and sustainable solutions.
Nature-based solutions (NBS) represent a functional approach to address these critical issues, recognised by numerous European and international programmes and regulations (e.g. Green Deal, EU Biodiversity Strategies, Urban Agenda for the EU, UN SDGs). However, despite the consolidated benefits of urban greening, there are still knowledge, operational and functional gaps, both in implementation policies and in the scientific literature on the sector. In particular, it is currently not easy to identify multidisciplinary theoretical-applicable approaches that are organically aligned with the management and planning of greening strategies, taking into account aspects of resilience to anthropogenic and meteorological-climatic impacts, regeneration of existing built contexts and individual and community psychophysical well-being, among others.
The ENC conference takes place within the framework of the ongoing activities of the PRIN 2022 PNNR “project “GREENWORK” and aims to be a moment of reflection, exchange and discussion of opinions, knowledge, experimentation and innovation related to greening strategies, analysed in their multidisciplinary and multiscale manifestation. The event is aimed at professionals and researchers from the fields of civil and environmental engineering, architecture, urban planning and related disciplines, with particular reference to NBS interventions and the regeneration of urban contexts.
Important Dates
9th June 23rd June: long abstract submission deadline (max 1500 words)
14th July: acceptance of long abstracts after peer-review
15th – 31th July: registration form compilation (free of charge)
15th September: revisited long abstract submission deadline
13th and 14th November: ENC Conference
Info and Submission:
You can request information and/or send the long abstract to the following e-mail addresses:
francesco.sommese@unina.it – lorenzo.diana@unina.it
Information required for long abstract submission:
Abstracts must be written in English only and contain the following information (no template needed):
Title – Authors and affiliations – 5 keywords – Topic and subtopic – 3 highlights (each of max 80 characters including spaces)
– Text (1500 words) – 1 Mandatory Figure – References
Comitato Organizzatore
PhD Lorenzo Diana | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Prof. Gaetano Sciuto |Università degli Studi di Catania
Prof.ssa Simona Colajanni | Università degli Studi di Palermo
Comitato Scientifico
PhD Lorenzo Diana | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
PhD Francesco Pugliese | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
PhD Francesco Sommese | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Prof. Francesco Polverino | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Prof. Roberto Castelluccio | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Prof. Gaetano Sciuto | Università degli Studi di Catania
Prof.ssa Angela Moschella | Università degli Studi di Catania
Prof.ssa Grazia Lombardo | Università degli Studi di Catania
Prof.ssa Luisa Sturiale | Università degli Studi di Catania
PhD Maria Rosa Trovato | Università degli Studi di Catania
PhD Alessandro Lo Faro | Università degli Studi di Catania
Prof.ssa Simona Colajanni |Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof.ssa Rossella Corrao | Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Calogero Vinci | Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof.ssa Tiziana Campisi | Università degli Studi di Palermo
PhD Manfredi Saeli | Università degli Studi di Palermo
PhD Maria Antonietta Ragusa | Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof.ssa Mariantonietta Ruggieri | Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof.ssa Elisabetta Di Stefano | Università degli Studi di Palermo