Quality of Life in Urban Landscapes In Search of a Decision Support System /

This volume introduces an innovative tool for the development of sustainable cities and the promotion of the quality of life of city inhabitants. It presents a decision-support system to orient public administrations in identifying development scenarios for sustainable urban and territorial transfor...

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Main Author: Grifoni, Roberta Cocci (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:The Urban Book Series,
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ISBN:9783319655819
ISSN:2365-757X
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I - Quality of the Landscape, Quality of Life, Urban Sustainability. Chapter 1. State of the art on the search for sustainability and quality of life in cities
  • Chapter 2. The landscape as a "complex indicator" of urban sustainability and quality of life of city inhabitants
  • Chapter 3. Use of decision-support systems in defining scenarios for sustainable, shared urban development
  • Part II - Urban Policies and Quality of Life. Chapter 4. Urban policies for urban sustainability and quality of life of the city
  • Chapter 5. Selection of indicators of urban sustainability and quality of life of city inhabitants
  • Chapter 6. Contributions
  • Part III - A Decision-Support System. Chapter 7. The DSS and its possible applications
  • Chapter 8. For a new urban governance
  • Chapter 9. Communication and dissemination of the model
  • Part IV - Application to the Adriatic City. Chapter 10. The ideal Adriadic city
  • Chapter 11. Application of the Tool and initial results
  • Chapter 12. Criteria for activating the Forum to interpret and assess the landscape and the quality of life
  • Chapter 13. Criteria for building the possible development scenarios presented to policymakers
  • Part V - New research frontiers.