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Towards resilient cities: Advancements allowed by a multi-criteria optimization tool to face the new challenges of European Union’s climate and energy goals
Gianfranco RizzoChiara TambaniMaria La GennusaAntonio BugginLuigi SchibuolaMassimiliano ScarpaGianluca ScaccianoceGiorgia Perisubject
green roofEnergy (esotericism)cool roofGreen roofFace (sociological concept)Indoor air pollutionHistoric preservationEnergy conservationmulticriteria assessmentEnvironmental protectionMulti criteriaSustainable developmentmedia_common.cataloged_instanceEuropean unionResilience (network)Concrete pavementsEnvironmental planningmedia_commonMultiobjective optimizationResiliencePublic administrationAir quality; Concrete pavements; Decision making; Energy conservation; Environmental protection; Historic preservation; Indoor air pollution; Multiobjective optimization; Public administration; Sustainable developmentAHP methodAir qualityBusinesspriority-setting process.Decision makingdescription
Abstract The United Nations as well as the European Union are strongly committed in promoting a transition towards more sustainable and resilient cities. Indeed, they are increasingly affected by different types of threats, among which the natural ones such as earthquakes, fires, and floods (shocks) and climate variability (stresses). Cities are quite often unable to cope with the adverse effects of such natural hazards. This circumstance leads to the need of introducing resilience-related criteria (besides commonly used sustainability indicators) in decision-making processes. This paper investigates at which extent the inclusion of such new indicators, within multi-criteria assessment tools for supporting the decision-making process by Public Administrations, modifies the prioritization processes of a given set of planned actions to be implemented in cities, which are based instead on the above-cited commonly used indicators. The outcomes of the analysis demonstrated that the introduction of resilience among the prioritization criteria significantly modifies the list of priorities established using only sustainability indicators.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-01 |