ABSTRACT
The paper analyses European port cities. Port cities are cities which grow up in close connection with their ports. Over the years, ports influenced cities development becoming the main driver for urban sprawl. Nowadays many port areas are no more exploited for port’s trade. Several cities used these spaces designing modern waterfronts for leisure, culture and tourism activities. Waterfront revitalisation is also fundamental for urban mobility. Port cities can use these areas to develop new transport infrastructure promoting sustainable mobility. In a densely built up area it is increasingly difficult to find space for bicycle lanes or pedestrian zones, waterfront revitalization projects can be the perfect occasion to solve this problem. This paper analyses the case of one important port city in the Mediterranean: Genoa. This analysis is necessary to define new forms of mobility and transport promoting sustainability inside port cities’ centres taking often advance of port’s abandoned areas.
