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Integrating Urban Energy Resilience in Strategic Urban Planning: Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans and Urban Plans in Three Case Studies in Italy

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  • Giovanni Tedeschi

    (Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy)

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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, is, for all these reasons, considered a top priority. This paper investigates the innovative content related to the 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 analysed: 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, looking at the strategies of their new local city plans and SECAPs with a 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.

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  • Giovanni Tedeschi, 2024. "Integrating Urban Energy Resilience in Strategic Urban Planning: Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans and Urban Plans in Three Case Studies in Italy," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-17, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:13:y:2024:i:4:p:450-:d:1368375
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