Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach
City transformations are also due to the development of new energy sources, which have influenced economy and lifestyles, as well as the physical and functional organization of urban systems. Cities are the key place where it is need to act for the achievement of strategic environmental objectives,...
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| description | City transformations are also due to the development of new energy sources, which have influenced economy and lifestyles, as well as the physical and functional organization of urban systems. Cities are the key place where it is need to act for the achievement of strategic environmental objectives, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy saving. The hard resolution of these challenges depends on several factors: their multidimensional nature, the change of the economic and settlement development model, and also the complexity of the relationships between the elements that constitute the urban systems and that affect energy consumption. According to this awareness the Project Smart Energy Master for the energy management of territory financed by PON 04A2_00120 R & C Axis II, from 2012 to 2015 has been developed: it is aimed at supporting local authorities in the development of strategies for the reduction of energy consumption through actions designed to change behavior (in terms of use and energy consumption) and to improve the energy efficiency of equipment and infrastructure. With the goal of describing some of the results of the methodological phase of this project, this paper proposes a review of the major studies on the issue of energy consumption at the urban scale in the first section; in the second section the outcomes of the first phase of the development of the comprehension/interpretive model related to the identification of the set of physical/environmental variables at urban scale, that most affect the energy consumption, are described; the third makes a critical review of the reference scientific literature, characterised by a too sectoral approach, compared to the complexity of the topic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc027648b6244fceb41e8d7371ac40662024-04-02T09:31:15ZengUniversità di Napoli Federico IITeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment1970-98891970-98702014-05-010010.6092/1970-9870/25521656Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical ApproachRocco Papa0Carmela Gargiulo1Floriana Zucaro2Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, (DICEA) University of Naples Federico IIDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, (DICEA) University of Naples Federico IIDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, (DICEA) University of Naples Federico IICity transformations are also due to the development of new energy sources, which have influenced economy and lifestyles, as well as the physical and functional organization of urban systems. Cities are the key place where it is need to act for the achievement of strategic environmental objectives, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy saving. The hard resolution of these challenges depends on several factors: their multidimensional nature, the change of the economic and settlement development model, and also the complexity of the relationships between the elements that constitute the urban systems and that affect energy consumption. According to this awareness the Project Smart Energy Master for the energy management of territory financed by PON 04A2_00120 R & C Axis II, from 2012 to 2015 has been developed: it is aimed at supporting local authorities in the development of strategies for the reduction of energy consumption through actions designed to change behavior (in terms of use and energy consumption) and to improve the energy efficiency of equipment and infrastructure. With the goal of describing some of the results of the methodological phase of this project, this paper proposes a review of the major studies on the issue of energy consumption at the urban scale in the first section; in the second section the outcomes of the first phase of the development of the comprehension/interpretive model related to the identification of the set of physical/environmental variables at urban scale, that most affect the energy consumption, are described; the third makes a critical review of the reference scientific literature, characterised by a too sectoral approach, compared to the complexity of the topic.http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/2552Energy consumptionHolistic approachUrban texture and energyUrban form |
| spellingShingle | Rocco Papa Carmela Gargiulo Floriana Zucaro Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment Energy consumption Holistic approach Urban texture and energy Urban form |
| title | Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach |
| title_full | Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach |
| title_fullStr | Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach |
| title_short | Urban Systems and Energy Consumptions: A Critical Approach |
| title_sort | urban systems and energy consumptions a critical approach |
| topic | Energy consumption Holistic approach Urban texture and energy Urban form |
| url | http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/2552 |
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