%0 Journal Article
%T Towards Intelligently - Sustainable Cities? Towards Intelligently - Sustainable Cities?
%A Luca Salvati
%A Vittorio Gargiulo Morelli
%A Margot Weijnen
%A Ellen van Bueren
%J TeMA : Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
%D 2013
%I Universit¨¤ di Napoli Federico II
%R 10.6092/1970-9870/1496
%X 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. However, even though nobody argues on the desirability of making cities ˇ°smarterˇ±, 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. Results suggest that ICPs and KCPs efficacy lies in supporting cities achieve a sustainable urban metabolism through optimization, innovation and behavior changes. 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. However, even though nobody argues on the desirability of making cities ˇ°smarterˇ±, 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. Results suggest that ICPs and KCPs efficacy lies in supporting cities achieve a sustainable urban metabolism through optimization, innovation and behavior changes.
%K Sustainable urban metabolism
%K Smart city
%K Assessment criteria
%K Regional Planning
%U http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/1496