Abstract
In the contemporary debate on the “sustainable city” and above all in the political and governance repercussions, the existing technical possibilities to counteract the problems of the cities (pollution, congestion, diseconomies, immigration …) continue to be highlighted.
The challenge underway since the mid-1980s is to maintain the characterizing functions in urban centers without compromising the environment and quality of life, not only for current inhabitants, but above all for future generations. To do this, it is necessary to reduce traffic, pollution, optimize the use of resources, guarantee access to services to different categories of users, ensure that there is the possibility of residence, job mobility, security. In essence, building an inclusive city.
The indicators make a great contribution and a decisive boost to sustainability thanks to technology. The cities of the future are now designed as large hyper-connected ecosystems, dotted with sensors and devices capable of collecting and processing a huge amount of data necessary for the services to be provided. Big Data presents itself as the beating heart of the smart city and can contribute enormously to the management of the main urban criticalities, from traffic to security.
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It is a nonprofit organization led by former U.S. vice president Al Gore and CEO and president Ken Berlin. The mission is to sensitize people in line with the principle of sustainability. Among the main objectives: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; accelerate the global transition to renewable energy. The membership of 20,000 sustainability leaders from over 150 countries counts; have branches in 10 countries; thousands of activists in the USA.
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Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 28,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-centric future of mobility and to transform industries.
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ICityRate - Provides the ranking of Italian smart cities. The research for the year 2018 was curated by FPA The working group also systematically compared this year with Paolo Testa and Valentina Piersanti from Anci, Sandro Cruciani from Istat, Andrea Sammarco from Unioncamere and Giacomo Giusti from the Tagliacarne Institute.
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Alessandria, F. (2021). Cities Towards … Sustainability. In: Bevilacqua, C., Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 178. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_35
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