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Smart Rules for Smart Cities

Managing Efficient Cities in Euro-Mediterranean Countries

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Editors:
  1. Eleonora Riva Sanseverino

    1. DIEETCAM, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  2. Raffaella Riva Sanseverino

    1. Department DARCH, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  3. Valentina Vaccaro

    1. University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  4. Gaetano Zizzo

    1. DIEETCAM, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  • Explores the rules and codes required to foster the implementation of smart city technologies to meet environmental and energy challenges
  • Includes a smart cities atlas showing the state of the art in competitive urban models
  • Explains how to create local rules for sustainable building restoration and construction
  • Provides an economic evaluation of the impact of building automation and passive measures for energy efficiency
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SxI - Springer for Innovation / SxI - Springer per l'Innovazione (SXIINNO, volume 12)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

About the editors

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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