2019

This chapter is about defining and testing a multi-methodological framework able to measure the “walkability” in the urban practice perspective, based on assessment indicators and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Nowadays, cities are facing a complex challenge concerning sustainability, which is fueling the search for new development solutions. Among others, one of the most important problems is how to make cities sustainable and resilient, as stressed by the Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11) highlighted by the United Nations through the 2030 Agenda.

The urban decision processes should be optimized according to the current “green” context. Despite the literature advocate for an open availability of data to facilitate higher quality science and a more effective science-policy boundary, one of the main challenges when dealing with energy processes is the absence of accurate data. This paper aims at illustrating a stakeholder-oriented approach based on Multi-Criteria Analyses (MCA) in defining the set of evaluation criteria and their relevance in supporting the development of “what-if” urban energy retrofitting scenarios.

Choice architecture concerns different forms and procedures to present and handle a decision problem. It is a paradigm around which many theoretical results have been collected within behavioural psychology and experimental economics and many successful applications have been implemented in the domains of health, finance and social choices. In this work, we propose an application of the basic idea of architecture choice that is designing decision support procedures for complex problems, with a focus on housing realm.

The volume comprises aselection of the best paperspresented at the SIEV Seminar“The influence of the Papal

We propose a development of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) permitting to use the methodology also for decision problems with a very large number of alternatives and several criteria.

The article illustrates a piece of research concerning the development and application of display platforms (Spatial Decision Support System - SDSS) able to integrate assessment methods of financial and economic nature. The aim of the proposed SDSS platform is to support the development of urban scenarios focusing attention on improving energy conditions at district level in service of public and private policies.

The “Chiomonte SMART” is a project managed by the association Chiomonte ImprenD’Oc and funded by “Comitati Territoriali IREN” as a prosecution of the “Chiomonte 2025” project concluded in 2018.

ATTI E RASSEGNA TECNICA DELLA SOCIETÀ DEGLI INGEGNERI E DEGLI ARCHITETTI IN TORINO