Citizens' role and attitude in implementing urban green infrastructures. A survey in Milan, Italy.

In the challenge for urban resilience, public and private must work together for a common goal. To date, Urban Green Infrastructure strategies are almost exclusively based on public interventions in public spaces. In this contribution, the citizens’ attitude towards a sustainable transformation of private spaces is investigated in the case of Milan. The results show, on the one hand, citizens' awareness of pressing problems such as air pollution and heat peaks, and on the other hand, concerns about practical problems. The need for more dialogue between institutions and citizens is highlighted in order to spread awareness and correct information and to incorporate the preferences and concerns of the population.