With its 23 km long pathway crossing 8 municipalities in the area, Hadrian aqueduct originates as a metropolitan infrastructure, and can play a relevant role in the future development of the Athens region at large.
More in general, Cultural Hidrant is contributing the conversation about green and just transition in the Athens area, showcasing how city resiliency, strategies of adaptation to climate change, and sustainable development can be approached locally.
In the podcast zoom-in "The voice of Hadrian aqueduct", policy makers, experts, scientists and city-makers inside and outside the trajectories of the UIA finenced initiative report about how water and water services are being reframed at city and metropolitan level, giving birth to an unprecedented reflection about the future of an entire region.
EPISODE #1: PARTNERSHIPS, INSTITUTIONS AND A NEW CULTURE OF COOPERATION
A special thanks goes to participants to interviews and people that contributed with content, document and information: Katerina Apostolopoulou, communications consultant at EYDAP; Haris Biskos, architect and UIA Expert; Costas Gerolymatos, coordinator of UIA Cultural HIDRANT; Christos Giovanopoulos, Cultural HIDRANT staff; Stefania Gyftopoulou, Cultural HIDRANT staff; Themis Gkion, project manager at EYDAP; Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat officer for the City of Athens; Iossif Parsalis, CEO at NMA - New metropolitan Attica; Dimitris Poulios, architect and Urban designer consulting the Regional Authority of Attica; Giorgos Sachinis, Director of strategies and innovation at EYDAP; Teodora Tzeferi, archaeologist at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture; Konstantinos Zervas, project manager at NMA - New metropolitan Attica.
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The Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) is a European Union initiative that provided funding to urban areas across Europe to test new and unproven solutions to urban challenges. The initiative had a total ERDF budget of €372 million for 2014-2020.