VeBS: applied research project

The good use of green and blue spaces for the promotion of health and well-being.
The project aims to promote the use of green and blue infrastructures in urban and suburban areas with effective development action, in order to stem the social inequality generated by the impossibility or difficulty of access to these infrastructures.

An applied research project VeBS

The good use of green and blue spaces for the promotion of health and well-being.
The project aims to promote the use of green and blue infrastructures in urban and suburban areas with effective development action, in order to stem the social inequality generated by the impossibility or difficulty of access to these infrastructures.

NEWS

The project

VeBS is an applied research project of the National Complementary Plan on health, environment, biodiversity and climate.

The partners

The project brings together ideas and experiences of different institutions spread across Italy.

Il video

Il buon uso degli spazi Verdi e blu per la promozione della Salute e del Benessere.

Roadmap

30 June 2022

Notice publication

10 August 2022

Research project presentation

30 September 2022

Funding approval by Ministry of Health

28 October 2022

Signing agreement on the discipline and project development

19 January 2023

Operational start of the project

26 April 2023

Kick-off meeting to introduce activities and scientific background

01 September 2023

Evaluation of benefits on elderly and children’s health

01 December 2023

Mapping of areas and policies

Project representatives

Sisto Milito

Calabria Region - Health Protection Department

BIO

Giacinto Ciappetta

ARPA Calabria

BIO

Manuela De Sario

Lazio Region - Department of Epidemiology

BIO

Silvia Brini

ISPRA - The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research

BIO

Nelson Marmiroli

CINSA - National Inter-University Consortium for Environmental Sciences

BIO

Annamaria Colacci

ARPAE - Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna

BIO

Walter Ricciardi

Hygiene Section of the Department of Life Sciences and Public Health of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan

BIO

Massimo Giusti

ARPA Abruzzo - Abruzzo Environmental Protection Agency

BIO

Laura Mancini

Ecosystems and Health Department, Environment and Health Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità

BIO

Marco Domenicali

DIMEC - University of Bologna

BIO

VeBS in figures

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Regions

3

Regional agencies

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National institutes

3

Universities

Partners

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