Tedeschi, G. Integrating Urban Energy Resilience in Strategic Urban Planning: Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans and Urban Plans in Three Case Studies in Italy. Land2024, 13, 450.
Tedeschi, G. Integrating Urban Energy Resilience in Strategic Urban Planning: Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans and Urban Plans in Three Case Studies in Italy. Land 2024, 13, 450.
Tedeschi, G. Integrating Urban Energy Resilience in Strategic Urban Planning: Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans and Urban Plans in Three Case Studies in Italy. Land2024, 13, 450.
Tedeschi, G. Integrating Urban Energy Resilience in Strategic Urban Planning: Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans and Urban Plans in Three Case Studies in Italy. Land 2024, 13, 450.
Abstract
Contemporary cities are facing many challenges, from social and economic issues to the new risks related to the impacts of climate change. Focusing on energy consumptions, and the related GHG emissions, cities are considered not only the main global contributors but also the areas most exposed to risks, because of their density of population and economic activities. Implementing urban planning strategies with the purpose of increasing energy efficiency and resilience overall are, for all these reasons, considered a top priority. This paper investigates the innovative contents about energy-efficient and energy-resilient urban planning solutions that have started to be implemented in the cities of the Emilia-Romagna region. Two kinds of planning instruments are therefore analyzed: the voluntary Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) and the mandatory General Urban Plans (GUPs), recently approved in several cities of Emilia-Romagna. A comparative analysis of three cities in the Emilia-Romagna region, Bologna, Modena and Ravenna, is proposed on the strategies of their newly local city plans and SECAPs with focus on energy management and planning. The aim is to assess whether the new structure of local city plans and the influence of SECAPs could be useful in implementing such urban energy resiliency solutions.
Engineering, Architecture, Building and Construction
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