Smart Rules for Smart Cities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Competitive Urban Models

   • Raffaella Riva Sanseverino

   Pages 1-14

3. Smart Cities Atlas

   • Raffaella Riva Sanseverino

   Pages 15-27

4. The Integration and Sharing of Resources for a New Quality of Living

   • Raffaella Riva Sanseverino, Salvatore Orlando

   Pages 29-44

5. Urban Smartness: Tools and Experiences

   • Domenico Costantino

   Pages 45-58

6. The Urban and Environmental Building Code as Implementation Tool

   • Valentina Vaccaro

   Pages 59-85

7. Economic Feasibility of Measures for Energy Efficiency

   • Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Gaetano Zizzo

   Pages 87-107

8. Funding Energy Efficiency Measures

   • Silvia Dell’Atti

   Pages 109-121

9. Smart Planning and Intelligent Cities: A New Cambrian Explosion

   • Maurizio Carta

   Pages 123-132

This book explores the new rules and codes that are required in order to foster the implementation of smart city technologies with a view to meeting the environmental and energy challenges posed by dynamic contemporary cities with increasing populations. In particular, it proposes a methodological approach suitable for use when devising a smart urban/building code for local administrations, taking into account the current European regulatory framework (directives and technical norms) and evaluating the economic feasibility of the suggested measures. A case study is made of a large Mediterranean city in Italy that can be regarded as a paradigm of urban evolution, where a traditional individualism poses a cultural obstacle to the emerging need to share resources. Further features include a smart cities atlas, explanation of how to create local rules for sustainable building restoration/construction, and guidance on economic evaluation of the impact of building automation and passive measures for energy efficiency. The book, which has a multidisciplinary perspective, will be of value to all who are interested in the transition to smart cities that can meet sustainable development targets.

• Competitive Urban Models
• Energy Efficiency Measures
• Environmental Building Code
• Smart City Technologies
• Sustainable Urban Planning
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• DIEETCAM, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Gaetano Zizzo

• Department DARCH, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  Raffaella Riva Sanseverino

• University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  Valentina Vaccaro

Eleonora Riva Sanseverino is Associate Professor of Power Systems at the University of Palermo, Italy. Her main research interests focus on Renewable Energy Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical Distribution Systems.

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