Logical Framework Approach to Calabria Sustainable Development: The Intervention Program on School Buildings

Abstract

Sustainable development is the main goal set at international, European and Italian level. Calabria Region has addressed the programming activities on the sustainable development articulated in its main components: environmental, economic and social. The program of school buildings implemented by Calabria Region has introduced the obligation of environmental sustainability and seismic certification for all public buildings or financed with public funds, giving a strong acceleration to the process of Calabria building sector in the direction of greater sustainability. This paper presents the case of the school building to underline the strong action made by the Region which consisted of: interventions of seismic adjustment only; unification of all spending programs that guarantee zero bureaucracy and maximum transparency; increase of knowledge through the construction of a database from which to find all the useful information relating to the interventions. In the paper is presented the logical framework approach (LFA) to design a viable path to sustainable development of the school model where, starting from financial resources (input), realizes quality schools (output) in order to pursue sustainable development (goal). The creation of quality schools implies impacts (outcomes) that can be positive or negative. The paper allows to analyze the quality impacts of the school program.

Green and Safety School Regional Program to Sustainable Development Using Limited Traffic Zone

“…The program derives from RTP but can be applied just around the school buildings for which seismic adjustment is related to Scuola Sicura program [12].…”

“…Scuola Sicura is the program developed by Calabria Region to give a great impact on sustainable development, in line with higher level policies to school buildings [12] defined in the School Plan. Through the program, the process to safety and environmental certifications has increase in speed for public buildings and schools.…”

“…Scuola Sicura goes toward reduction of impacts on social, economic and environmental sustainability [49,50], which have been estimated for Calabria and reported in literature [12]. Among the social and economic impacts, there is the risk reduction.…”

“…The Region has carried different activities for sustainable development with City logistics [10,11], Scuola Sicura [12] and Green and Safety School programs related to urban areas. These programs don't born as a rabbit from the hat, but have as background the international and national goals before summarized.…”

“…Scuola Sicura program refers to interventions in schools considering seismic "heavy" improvement, giving priority to adjustment/demolition/reconstruction [12].…”