A model for urban planning control of the settlement efficiency. A case study

Fasolino, Isidoro; Coppola, Francesca; Grimaldi, Michele

doi:10.3280/asur2020-127-s1010

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“…With reference to housing energy efficiency, multiple models can be referenced, despite the lack of available data that allows for direct measurement of consumption and, consequently, energy performance of buildings. However, the models for evaluating the latter at an urban scale can be traced back to two main approaches: the 'top-down' and the 'bottom-up' approaches, depending on whether the input data refers to a higher or lower spatial scale, respectively [55][56][57][58].…”

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A Decision Support Methodology to Foster Renewable Energy Communities in the Municipal Urban Plan

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Marra

2022

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Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) represent a possible solution to facilitate the transition to carbon neutrality and reduce energy poverty in urban areas. Although the topic has received little attention from urban planning scholars and practitioners, they can make a significant contribution in the enhancement of RECs. To this end, this article proposes a methodology that allows identifying priority urban areas where the Municipal Urban Plan can incentivize RECs’ establishment. These areas are spatially identified where a minimization of the constraints on RECs’ formation and a maximization of their energy and social benefits are expected. The application of the proposed methodology to an Italian municipal area where the Plan is being drawn up is presented. The obtained results show how priority areas can be found both in the urban center and in rural areas, suggesting that urban planning can encourage different REC configurations, depending on the settlement fabric and land use, as well as the number of buildings to be clustered and potential leaders who can lead the community development process.

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Section: Rationalementioning

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A Decision Support Methodology to Foster Renewable Energy Communities in the Municipal Urban Plan

Gerundo

Marra

2022

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“…All these results demonstrate that the solution matrix and the overlay map facilitate the comprehension of the relationship between noise, community facilities, and territorial contexts, thus, becoming useful tools that can support the actions necessary for the reduction of noise exposure. In the planning phase, indeed, such information can support the location choices of new community facilities [23] and organize the urban spaces by localizing the functions that produce impacts and those that experience such pressures [69][70][71][72]. Through an operation of overlay maps, it has been possible to summarize the relationship between the noise density classes and functions (Figure 12), which led to the compilation of a simple solution matrix of interaction between noise and facilities (Table 2).…”

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Geo-Crowdsourced Sound Level Data in Support of the Community Facilities Planning. A Methodological Proposal

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To reduce environmental noise pollution and to safeguard people’s well-being, it is urgently necessary to move towards sustainable urban development and reconcile demographic and economic growth with the protection and restoration of the environment and the improvement of the quality of human lives. This challenge should be a concern to policymakers, who must issue regulations and define the appropriate actions for noise monitoring and management, and citizens, who must be sensitive to the problem and act accordingly. Starting from an analysis of several crowdsourcing noise data collection tools, this paper focuses on the definition of a methodology for data analysis and mapping. The sound sensing system, indeed, enables mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to become a low-cost data collection for monitoring environmental noise. For this study, the “NoiseCapture” application developed in France by CNRS and IFSTTAR has been utilized. The measurements acquired in 2018 and 2019 at the Fisciano Campus at the University of Salerno were integrated with the kernel density estimation. This is a spatial analysis technique that allows for the elaboration of sound level density maps, defined spatially and temporally. These maps, overlaid on a campus facilities map, can become tools to support the appropriate mitigation actions.

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“…Although several approaches to assess the ecosystem services provided by different land covers can be found in the literature [17,18], very few attempts at including the ecological role of vegetation in urban planning have been made. In particular, attempts at estimating the role of green materials in urban contexts with reference to the specific functions they provide, as well as the proposal of adopting multicriteria approaches in this process, can be found in the works of Fasolino and coworkers [19,20]. Indeed, to act in the direction of settlement quality and sustainability, it is necessary to identify indicators that measure the contribution of green areas to the achievement of these objectives [21][22][23][24][25].…”

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The Ecological Efficiency of Green Materials in Sustainable Urban Planning—A Model for Its Measurement

Fasolino,

Cicalese,

Bellino

et al. 2023

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Urban green planning is crucial in promoting sustainable urban ecosystems through the mindful use of vegetation, but few approaches are currently able to account for the ecosystem services provided by urban green planning in ex ante planning applications. The present research proposes a methodological approach to sustainable urban planning that accounts for the ecological role of vegetation in urban ecosystems. Indeed, by estimating the functions exerted by different vegetation elements in urban ecosystems through a purposely developed set of equations, the procedure allows for the optimization of the development of urban plans by maximizing the contribution of vegetation to ecosystem dynamics. Specifically, the proposed methodology is articulated in two phases, i.e., the functional role of vegetation is firstly modeled through simple geometric features and specific ecological traits accounting for plant interactions with the environment, and then the selected vegetation traits are used in guiding the choice of the species. The approach has been exemplified through case studies, thereby highlighting its ability to guide planning decisions based on the type, abundance, and spatial organization of vegetation to promote the sustainability of urban development.

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A model for urban planning control of the settlement efficiency. A case study

Cited by 15 publications

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A Decision Support Methodology to Foster Renewable Energy Communities in the Municipal Urban Plan

A Decision Support Methodology to Foster Renewable Energy Communities in the Municipal Urban Plan

Geo-Crowdsourced Sound Level Data in Support of the Community Facilities Planning. A Methodological Proposal

The Ecological Efficiency of Green Materials in Sustainable Urban Planning—A Model for Its Measurement

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