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This book presents cutting-edge work on innovative planning methodologies, tools and experiences aimed at supporting the transition of our cities and regions towards a more smart and sustainable dimension. This book comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the international conference "Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2015", held in November 2015 in Bolzano, Italy. Contributions from different research fields within urban and regional planning from the scientific as well as the professional community are presented: energy planning for cities and regions, how to couple the energy-climate goals with the development or renovation of the built environment and how to tackle the vulnerability to climate change; smart and sustainable technologies, big data, integrated infrastructures and mobility management, from holistic geospatial tools to innovative apps and Internet of Things; benefits, costs and opportunities of urban transition toward a more smart and sustainable dimension, accounting and assessment of values and trade-offs within the decision making processes; governance for smart and sustainable growth, fostering place-based policy-making, active and effective stakeholders´ participation, co-production and public-private partnerships; cooperation and demonstration projects: their role in fostering the adoption of new approaches and technologies, towards the development of win-win solutions.

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Optimization of Load Flows in Urban Hybrid Networks.- Technical, Financial and Urban Potentials for Solar District Heating in Italy.- Building-Stock Analysis for the Definition of an Energy Renovation Scenario on the Urban Scale.- Collaboration in Regional Energy-Efficiency Development.- Lighting up the Landmarks with Information about the Environment.- Taxi of the Future: Big Data Analysis as a Framework for Future Urban Fleets in Smart Cities.- Modeling Future Land Use and Land-Cover Change in the Asyut Region Using Markov Chains and Cellular Automata.- Recycling the City. New perspective on the real estate market and construction industry.- Co-benefits of Smart and Sustainable Energy District Projects: an overview on economic assessment methodologies.- Evaluating urban regeneration programmes: an integrated approach.- Sustainability Benefits Assessment in Urban Transport Project Appraisal: a New Method of Transport Project Appraisal.- A Research Proposal on the Parametric City Governance.- Policy and governance innovations for sustainable urban development. An overview of the 2014-2020 Structural Funds programming in Italy.- A Critical Reflection on Smart Governance in Italy: Definition and Challenges for a Sustainable Urban Regeneration.- How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam.- Living Labs: a New Tool for Co-production?.- Participatory Practices in London Urban Strategies: the Example of Bankside in the Borough of Southwark.- Development Theories and Infrastructural Planning: the Belluno province.- Transformation of a Small Livestock, Rural Community into a Green, Nearly Zero CO2 Emissions Settlement.- Interregional Cooperation as a Key Tool for the Achievement of Strategic-Energy and Climate Targets: the Experience of the INTERREG IVC RENERGY and SEE RE-SEEties Projects.- EU-GUGLE: A Sustainable Renovation Pilot Project for Smarter Cities.- ICT Tools to Foster Small-and-Medium-Enterprise Collaboration in the Energy-retrofitting Sector.- Integrated Urban-Energy Planning for the Redevelopment of the Berlin-Tegel Airport.- European Union Research and Development Funding on Smart Cities and Their Importance on Climate and Energy Goals.

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