9 research outputs found

    Assessing the sustainability of the city-port transformations: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) for alternatives portfolio selection.

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    In recent years, the EU has sought to define sustainable transition pathways towards more equitable, prosperous, and inclusive urban and territorial models, capable of responding to the rapid degradation of ecosystems, and improving quality of life of citizens. In this context, ports have been recognised as key strategic hubs not only for economic and logistical competitiveness, but also to generate employment and investment opportunities, and to address the challenges of the climate change. The research presents a multi-scale, multi-dimensional and multi- group methodological framework to support decision-making processes related to the development of sustainable transformations of port cities, capturing the complexity of interactions and conflicts. Integrating Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) approaches and Problem Structuring Methods (PSM), the proposed methodology aims to address the following gaps identified in the literature: (i) a scattered application of multi-group methods; (ii) the lack of social instances within the decision problem; (iii) a weak sustainability perspective; (iv) the use of one-dimensional scale assessment in sectoral studies. The case study of the city-port of Gela in Sicily (Italy) provided an opportunity to test the proposed methodology and to integrate multi-dimensional sustainability issues into feasibility studies, promoting a more balanced relationship between city and port. The interdependencies between environment, society and economy allowed MCDA to be identified as a suitable approach to address complex decision-making and support the sustainability assessment of port areas transformation. Two multi-criteria and multi-group evaluation methods guided the decision-making process to select a portfolio of preferred alternatives by assessing technical, environmental, and economic impacts and analysing stakeholder conflicts and coalitions. The process was carried out as follows: on the one hand, a multidimensional impact matrix integrating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) divided into technical, financial-economic, and environmental categories through the application of the multi-criteria method EVAMIX; on the other hand, a social assessment with a dendrogram of coalitions derived from the application of the multi-group method NAIADE by modelling stakeholders’ preferences regarding a portfolio of alternatives related to the decision problem

    A spatial decision support system for multifunctional landscape assessment: a transformative resilience perspective for vulnerable inland areas

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    The concept of transformative resilience has emerged from the recent literature and represents a way to interpret the potential opportunities for change in vulnerable territories, where a socioeconomic change is required. This article extends the perspective of transformative resilience to an assessment of the landscape multifunctionality of inland areas, exploring the potential of identifying a network of synergies among the different municipalities that is able to trigger a process of territorial resilience. A spatial decision support system (SDSS) for multifunctionality landscape assessment aims to help local actors understand local resources and multifunctional values of the Partenio Regional Park (PRP) and surrounding municipalities, in the South of Italy, stimulating their cooperation in the management of environmental and cultural sites and the codesign of new strategies of enhancement. The elaboration of spatial indicators according to Landscape Services classification and the interaction between the “Analytic Network Process” (ANP) method, spatial weighted overly and geographic information system (GIS) support the identification of a preferable scenario able to activate a transformative resilience strategy in selected vulnerable inland areas, which can be scaled up in other similar contexts

    the effectiveness of geographical data in multi criteria evaluation of landscape services

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    The aim of the paper is to map and evaluate the state of the multifunctional landscape of the municipality of Naples (Italy) and its surroundings, through a Spatial Decision-Making support system (SDSS) combining geographic information system (GIS) and a multi-criteria method an analytic hierarchy process (AHP). We conceive a knowledge-mapping-evaluation (KME) framework in order to investigate the landscape as a complex system. The focus of the proposed methodology involving data gathering and processing. Therefore, both the authoritative and the unofficial sources, e.g., volunteered geographical information (VGI), are useful tools to enhance the information flow whenever quality assurance is performed. Thus, the maps of spatial criteria are useful for problem structuring and prioritization by considering the availability of context-aware data. Finally, the identification of landscape services (LS) and ecosystem services (ES) can improve the decision-making processes within a multi-stakeholders perspective involving the evaluation of the trade-off. The results show multi-criteria choropleth maps of the LS and ES with the density of services, the spatial distribution, and the surrounding benefits

    Climate Adaptive Design Index for the Built Environment (CADI-BE): An Assessment System of the Adaptive Capacity to Urban Temperatures Increase

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    In a scenario in which the climate changes subject urban centres and large cities to high levels of environmental vulnerability and criticality underway, it is evident the need to define operational and straightforward decision-making tools capable of prefiguring and verifying the effectiveness of urban transformation climate-adaptive regeneration processes. The Climate Adaptive Design Index for the Built Environment (CADI-BE) tool has been developed to assess the adaptive capacity and level of performance of open urban spaces to the stresses due to the increase in global average temperatures. The repercussions of these phenomena cause the occurrence of heatwaves and the urban heat island effect (UHI), bringing out the inability of cities to cope with changes in the climate, making urban open spaces unlivable and no longer the ideal habitat for everyday life and social interactions

    A Hybrid Evaluation framework for Multi-functional Landscapes (HEMuL). Theoretical approaches and operative tools for sustainability science.

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    L’obiettivo fondamentale di questa ricerca concerne l’individuazione dei caratteri multi-funzionali dei paesaggi e dei valori complessi che ne derivano, al fine di strutturare un modello di valutazione che sia in grado di integrare gli approcci teorici, analitici ed esperienziali, e che migliori il dialogo all’interno dei processi decisionali complessi legati alla pianificazione e alla gestione di Landscape Services (LS) e Ecosystem Services (ES). I risultati attesi sono orientati alla costruzione di un framework ibrido di valutazione che sia utile alla comprensione della struttura spaziale, delle funzioni e dei processi che caratterizzano i paesaggi multi-funzionali. Il principale contributo che intende fornire questa tesi è, infatti, relativo alla costruzione di una metodologia di valutazione ibrida, in grado di supportare ricercatori e professionisti che affrontano questioni multi-dimensionali complesse proprie di un approccio place-based al paesaggio. Lo scopo di operare all’interno di una cornice metodologica integrata e interdisciplinare consente, da un lato, di organizzare la conoscenza delle dinamiche complesse che caratterizzano le varie forme di paesaggio (urbano, agricolo, semi-agricolo, naturale), dall’altro, di orientare i processi di Decision-Making spaziale verso una traiettoria di sostenibilità. La teoria dei LS/ES è, infatti, un tentativo di rendere operativo il concetto di sostenibilità all’interno di una cornice inter-disciplinare e multi-metodologica. Inoltre, l’integrazione di LS/ES nei processi di pianificazione spaziale costituisce un approccio considerevole allo sviluppo sostenibile di piani e programmi dal momento che rende espliciti tali servizi, stimolando il dialogo sui trade-off che sorgono fra la dimensione ecologica e socio-economica della pianificazione. In sintesi, l’indagine alla base di questa tesi sarà incentrata sulle diverse tipologie di sostenibilità che afferiscono all’ambito multidimensionale, procedurale e istituzionale. L’ambito multidimensionale considera le caratteristiche socio-economiche e ambientali del paesaggio in un’ottica integrata, attraverso l’esplorazione dei limiti e delle potenzialità del concetto di LS. L’ambito procedurale riguarda invece le procedure di valutazione orientate alla sostenibilità, fra le quali i metodi multi-criteri giocano un ruolo fondamentale nell’aggregazione e nella comunicazione dei risultati, nonché nel coinvolgimento di diversi attori in diversi contesti decisionali. L’ambito istituzionale, infine, indaga gli strumenti di governance e il loro possibile riassetto secondo logiche adattive che mirino alla sostenibilità

    Risk Mitigation, Vulnerability Management and Resilience under Disasters

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    The Special Issue (SI) discusses the topic of Disaster Risk Management and its cornerstones: vulnerability reduction and resilience building. The focus of the SI is the impact of risk information, communication and representation, risk knowledge as related to science and practice, risk perception and awareness, and risk culture on multi-faceted vulnerability and several aspects of resilience

    Space is luxury : selected proceedings of the 24th AESOP annual conference

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    13th International Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Simulation - MOSIM 2020

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    Comité d’organisation: Université Internationale d’Agadir – Agadir (Maroc) Laboratoire Conception Fabrication Commande – Metz (France)Session RS-1 “Simulation et Optimisation” / “Simulation and Optimization” Session RS-2 “Planification des Besoins Matières Pilotée par la Demande” / ”Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning” Session RS-3 “Ingénierie de Systèmes Basées sur les Modèles” / “Model-Based System Engineering” Session RS-4 “Recherche Opérationnelle en Gestion de Production” / "Operations Research in Production Management" Session RS-5 "Planification des Matières et des Ressources / Planification de la Production” / “Material and Resource Planning / Production Planning" Session RS-6 “Maintenance Industrielle” / “Industrial Maintenance” Session RS-7 "Etudes de Cas Industriels” / “Industrial Case Studies" Session RS-8 "Données de Masse / Analyse de Données” / “Big Data / Data Analytics" Session RS-9 "Gestion des Systèmes de Transport” / “Transportation System Management" Session RS-10 "Economie Circulaire / Développement Durable" / "Circular Economie / Sustainable Development" Session RS-11 "Conception et Gestion des Chaînes Logistiques” / “Supply Chain Design and Management" Session SP-1 “Intelligence Artificielle & Analyse de Données pour la Production 4.0” / “Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics in Manufacturing 4.0” Session SP-2 “Gestion des Risques en Logistique” / “Risk Management in Logistics” Session SP-3 “Gestion des Risques et Evaluation de Performance” / “Risk Management and Performance Assessment” Session SP-4 "Indicateurs Clés de Performance 4.0 et Dynamique de Prise de Décision” / ”4.0 Key Performance Indicators and Decision-Making Dynamics" Session SP-5 "Logistique Maritime” / “Marine Logistics" Session SP-6 “Territoire et Logistique : Un Système Complexe” / “Territory and Logistics: A Complex System” Session SP-7 "Nouvelles Avancées et Applications de la Logique Floue en Production Durable et en Logistique” / “Recent Advances and Fuzzy-Logic Applications in Sustainable Manufacturing and Logistics" Session SP-8 “Gestion des Soins de Santé” / ”Health Care Management” Session SP-9 “Ingénierie Organisationnelle et Gestion de la Continuité de Service des Systèmes de Santé dans l’Ere de la Transformation Numérique de la Société” / “Organizational Engineering and Management of Business Continuity of Healthcare Systems in the Era of Numerical Society Transformation” Session SP-10 “Planification et Commande de la Production pour l’Industrie 4.0” / “Production Planning and Control for Industry 4.0” Session SP-11 “Optimisation des Systèmes de Production dans le Contexte 4.0 Utilisant l’Amélioration Continue” / “Production System Optimization in 4.0 Context Using Continuous Improvement” Session SP-12 “Défis pour la Conception des Systèmes de Production Cyber-Physiques” / “Challenges for the Design of Cyber Physical Production Systems” Session SP-13 “Production Avisée et Développement Durable” / “Smart Manufacturing and Sustainable Development” Session SP-14 “L’Humain dans l’Usine du Futur” / “Human in the Factory of the Future” Session SP-15 “Ordonnancement et Prévision de Chaînes Logistiques Résilientes” / “Scheduling and Forecasting for Resilient Supply Chains
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