With the ongoing climate urgency, it’s necessary to transform society towards a more sustainable way of living, drastically lowering GHG emissions (climate mitigation). At the same time, in light of the growing number of extreme climate-related events, there is a need to adjust the urban environments for the risks that come ahead, defined as the process of adaptation. Urban resilience is a term that unites both mitigation and adaptation, which has lately been used more often to describe the ability of a city to withstand the stress and shocks of different natures. The thesis is based on the research of different fields that together unite in the Masterplan of a disused area of Pavia, named Confluence, representing the final stretch of Naviglio Pavese before running into the Ticino.