Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Climate-Energy Planning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Optimization of Load Flows in Urban Hybrid Networks

      • Thomas Kaufmann, Dominik Bothe, Wolfgang Gawlik, Karl Ponweiser

      Pages 3-13

   3. Technical, Financial and Urban Potentials for Solar District Heating in Italy

      • Alice Dénarié, Marco Calderoni, Matteo Muscherà

      Pages 15-32

   4. Building-Stock Analysis for the Definition of an Energy Renovation Scenario on the Urban Scale

      • Dagmar Exner, Valentina D’Alonzo, Giulia Paoletti, Ramon Pascual, Roberta Pernetti

      Pages 33-54

   5. Collaboration in Regional Energy-Efficiency Development

      • Markku Mikkola, Ari Jussila, Tapani Ryynänen

      Pages 55-66

3. Innovative Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Lighting up the Landmarks with Information About the Environment

      • Matija Brković, Višnja Sretović Brković

      Pages 69-81

   3. Taxi of the Future: Big Data Analysis as a Framework for Future Urban Fleets in Smart Cities

      • Susanne Schatzinger, Chyi Yng Rose Lim

      Pages 83-98

   4. Modeling Future Land Use and Land-Cover Change in the Asyut Region Using Markov Chains and Cellular Automata

      • Hatem Mahmoud, Prasanna Divigalpitiya

      Pages 99-112

4. Benefits, Costs and Opportunities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Recycling the City New Perspective on the Real-Estate Market and Construction Industry

      • Ezio Micelli, Alessia Mangialardo

      Pages 115-125

   3. Co-benefits of Smart and Sustainable Energy District Projects: An Overview of Economic Assessment Methodologies

      • Adriano Bisello, Gianluca Grilli, Jessica Balest, Giuseppe Stellin, Marco Ciolli

      Pages 127-164

   4. Assessing Socio-Economic Sustainability of Urban Regeneration Programs: An Integrated Approach

      • Marta Bottero, Giulio Mondini

      Pages 165-184

   5. Sustainability Benefits Assessment in Urban Transport Project Appraisal: A New Method of Transport Project Appraisal

      • Somesh Sharma, Harry Geerlings

      Pages 185-203

   6. A Research Proposal on the Parametric City Governance

      • Magdalena Wagner

      Pages 205-219

5. Governance Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Policy and Governance Innovations for Sustainable Urban Development: An Overview of the 2014–2020 Structural Funds Programming in Italy

      • Ekaterina Domorenok

      Pages 223-234

   3. A Critical Reflection on Smart Governance in Italy: Definition and Challenges for a Sustainable Urban Regeneration

      • Chiara Garau, Ginevra Balletto, Luigi Mundula

      Pages 235-250

   4. How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam

      • Luca Mora, Roberto Bolici

      Pages 251-266

This book presents cutting-edge work on innovative planning methodologies, tools and experiences aimed at supporting the transition of our cities and regions towards a more smart and sustainable dimension. This book comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2015”, held in November 2015 in Bolzano, Italy. Contributions from different research fields within urban and regional planning from the scientific as well as the professional community are presented: energy planning for cities and regions, how to couple the energy-climate goals with the development or renovation of the built environment and how to tackle the vulnerability to climate change; smart and sustainable technologies, big data, integrated infrastructures and mobility management, from holistic geospatial tools to innovative apps and Internet of Things; benefits, costs and opportunities of urban transition toward a more smart and sustainable dimension, accounting and assessment of values and trade-offs within the decision making processes; governance for smart and sustainable growth, fostering place-based policy-making, active and effective stakeholders’ participation, co-production and public-private partnerships; cooperation and demonstration projects: their role in fostering the adoption of new approaches and technologies, towards the development of win-win solutions.

• Renewable Energy Systems
• Climate-energy Planning
• Participatory Governance
• Sustainable Growth
• Urban Regeneration
• Smart Cities
• urban geography and urbanism

• EURAC , Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

  Adriano Bisello, Daniele Vettorato

• ISOCARP , 2501 CZ - The Hague, The Netherlands

  Richard Stephens, Pietro Elisei

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