Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)

This article presents a decision-making model for assessing the sustainability of urban plans and programmes to envision long-term transformation scenarios through the development of consistency matrices. The tool was tested in a real case study, which is the Strategic Environmental Assessment for t...

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Main Authors: Giorgia Sugoni, Vanessa Assumma, Marta Carla Bottero, Giulio Mondini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Land
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/609
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Vanessa Assumma
Marta Carla Bottero
Giulio Mondini
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description This article presents a decision-making model for assessing the sustainability of urban plans and programmes to envision long-term transformation scenarios through the development of consistency matrices. The tool was tested in a real case study, which is the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the General Municipal Plan of the City of Turin (Italy). The changes that have taken place in recent years have highlighted the need for more flexible, dynamic, and streamlined tools that can help the revision of plans and programmes, which are capable also of considering the citizen’s needs. The decision-making model provided in this paper was structured into five phases: normative framing of the environmental assessment procedures; spatial analysis by structures; consistency analysis of conformity between the objectives of the technical proposal of the preliminary draft and the superordinate and coordinated planning; monitoring of the technical proposal through the employment of key indicators; and the definition of guidelines for the General Regulatory Plan of the City of Turin. The tool presented in this work can support planners, municipal technicians, and general public administrations, both in the planning and assessment processes to design and implement sustainable policy recommendations capable of tackling the increasing complexity of urban transformations.
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spelling doaj.art-22996b98568544e5b4d04db5dd657f132023-11-17T12:06:52ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2023-03-0112360910.3390/land12030609Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)Giorgia Sugoni0Vanessa Assumma1Marta Carla Bottero2Giulio Mondini3Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli 39, 10125 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Architecture, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, ItalyInteruniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli 39, 10125 Turin, ItalyInteruniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli 39, 10125 Turin, ItalyThis article presents a decision-making model for assessing the sustainability of urban plans and programmes to envision long-term transformation scenarios through the development of consistency matrices. The tool was tested in a real case study, which is the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the General Municipal Plan of the City of Turin (Italy). The changes that have taken place in recent years have highlighted the need for more flexible, dynamic, and streamlined tools that can help the revision of plans and programmes, which are capable also of considering the citizen’s needs. The decision-making model provided in this paper was structured into five phases: normative framing of the environmental assessment procedures; spatial analysis by structures; consistency analysis of conformity between the objectives of the technical proposal of the preliminary draft and the superordinate and coordinated planning; monitoring of the technical proposal through the employment of key indicators; and the definition of guidelines for the General Regulatory Plan of the City of Turin. The tool presented in this work can support planners, municipal technicians, and general public administrations, both in the planning and assessment processes to design and implement sustainable policy recommendations capable of tackling the increasing complexity of urban transformations.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/609urban planningdecision makingstrategic environmental assessment
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Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)
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urban planning
decision making
strategic environmental assessment
title Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)
title_full Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)
title_fullStr Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)
title_full_unstemmed Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)
title_short Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)
title_sort development of a decision making model to support the strategic environmental assessment for the revision of the municipal plan of turin italy
topic urban planning
decision making
strategic environmental assessment
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/609
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