Towards intelligently-sustainable cities? From intelligent and knowledge city programmes to the achievement of urban sustainability

Gargiulo Morelli, Vittorio and Weijnen, Margot and Van Bueren, Ellen and Wenzel, Ivo and De Reuver , Marke and Salvati, Luca (2013) Towards intelligently-sustainable cities? From intelligent and knowledge city programmes to the achievement of urban sustainability. TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 6 (1). pp. 73-86. ISSN 1970-9870

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Abstract

In the quest for achieving sustainable cities, Intelligent and Knowledge City Programmes (ICPs and KCPs) represent cost-efficient strategies for improving the overall performance of urban systems, especially when compared with the costs of physical restructuring and/or retrofitting projects. However, even though nobody argues on the desirability of making cities “smarter”, the fundamental questions of how and to what extent can ICPs and KCPs contribute to the achievement of urban sustainability lack a precise answer. In the attempt of providing a structured answer to these interrogatives, this paper presents a methodology developed for investigating the modalities through which ICPs and KCPs contribute to the achievement or urban sustainability. Overall, our research suggests that ICPs and KCPs can potentially contribute to all three dimensions of sustainability (i.e. economic, social and environmental), but their main efficacy lies in supporting cities achieve a sustainable urban metabolism through optimization, innovation and behavior changes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sustainable urban metabolism, Smart city, assessment criteria, regional planning
Subjects:	700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) 700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) > 711.1 Urbanistica – Aspetti procedurali e sociali (Pianificazione territoriale - Aspetti procedurali e sociali)
Depositing User:	Rosa Anna La Rocca
Date Deposited:	29 May 2013 09:41
Last Modified:	29 May 2013 09:41
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/5451

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