ReACT
Resilient urban and metropolitAn
built environments
through inClusive
mulTi-risk behavioural-based models and simulations
project code PE0000005, CUP E63C22002000002 – funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 ('Partenariati estesi alle università, ai centri di ricerca, alle aziende per il finanziamento di progetti di ricerca di base') funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, Italian Ministry of University, according to the Call for tended “Decreto Direttoriale No. 341 of 15/3/2022”, Project “Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate (RETURN)”, code PE0000005 – CUP, Concession Decree (Decreto Direttoriale) No. 1552 of 11/10/2022, within the “BANDO a CASCATA” of Spoke 5 TS1 “Insediamenti Urbani e Metropolitani”, with relation to the ReACT Concession Decree (Decreto Rettorale di concessione del finanziamento) DR/2025/107 of 13/01/2025 from Università Federico II di Napoli as Spoke
COORDINATOR: prof. E. Quagliarini - DICEA, UNIVPM
RESEARCH UNITS:
Università Politecnica delle Marche: Gabriele Bernardini, Caterina Alighieri, Gianluca Finocchi, Stefano Lenci, Gianluca Zitti, Erica Magagnini, Andrea Gianangeli, Domenico Petrucci
Politecnico di Bari: Fabio Fatiguso, Mariella De Fino, Elenca Cantatore, Riccardo Tavolare, Davide Colapietro, Giuseppe Storsillo, Luigi Chierico

The ReACT project
ReACT addresses the issue of assessing and mitigating single and multiple risks in built metropolitan and urban environments (MUBE), considering the interaction between physical elements and users, thanks to a holistic approach for defining, simulating, and analyzing single and combined scenarios with slow-onset (e.g., heat waves) and sudden-onset (e.g., earthquakes and floods) disasters. ReACT aims to:
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systematize a spatiotemporal approach to single risk and multi-risk assessment, incorporating inclusive human factor dynamics in terms of exposure (how many users), vulnerability (with which characteristics), and behavior (how people respond);
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improve knowledge on scenario modeling, even for non-critical ones, through storylines and "what-if" approaches that also consider the impact of secondary elements of MUBE;
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adapt and expand existing rapid assessment methods and behavioral simulation tools, taking such aspects into account;
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define multi-criteria evaluation logic for single/multiple risks, focused on the scale of outdoor public spaces and their aggregation, supporting decision-makers in the pre- and post-retrofit analysis of the MUBE;
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support communication, engagement, and training of stakeholders and citizens through VR/AR
The ReACT structure

The ReACT results
DISSEMINATION - SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
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DISSEMINATION - CONFERENCES:
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Romano, G., Bernardini, G., & Quagliarini, E. (2025). Evaluation of “hot spots” for pedestrian risk assessment and mitigation in flood-prone historic built environments. In R. Albatici, M. Dalprà, M. P. Gatti, G. Maracchini, & S. Torresin (Eds.), Colloqui.AT.e 2025 - Envisioning the futures, Designing and building for people and the environment - Book of abstract (p. 113). Università degli Studi di Trento. https://doi.org/10.15168/11572_457130
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