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The paper addresses the issue of migration towards inner areas with respect to the broader framework of the National Strategy for Inland Areas (SNAI). After an introduction on the purpose outlined by the SNAI, the article focuses on the relationship between socio-economic features of the inner areas and migration dynamics, in order to outline some preconditions for the presence of foreigners as active driver for the regeneration of those marginal territories. Thus, a theoretical paradigm has been proposed to address the evaluation process and support the whole policy cycle. Il contributo affronta il tema della migrazione nelle aree interne del paese nel più ampio quadro della Strategia Nazionale delle Aree Interne (SNAI). Dopo un’introduzione sulla traiettoria delineata dalla SNAI, l’articolo si concentra sulla relazione tra caratteri socio-economici delle aree interne e dinamiche migratorie, al fine di delineare alcune condizioni perché la presenza di stranieri eserciti una forza rigenerativa dei territori al margine e di definire un paradigma teorico per orientare la valutazione a supporto dell’intero ciclo delle politiche.
Alessandra Oppio. Migrants and italian inner areas for an anti-fragility strategy [Migranti e aree interne per una strategia anti fragilità]. Valori e Valutazioni 2021, 28, 93 -100.
AMA StyleAlessandra Oppio. Migrants and italian inner areas for an anti-fragility strategy [Migranti e aree interne per una strategia anti fragilità]. Valori e Valutazioni. 2021; 28 ():93-100.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Oppio. 2021. "Migrants and italian inner areas for an anti-fragility strategy [Migranti e aree interne per una strategia anti fragilità]." Valori e Valutazioni 28, no. : 93-100.
The National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI) is a public policy designed to tackle depopulation in inner areas, defined according to the distance from centers offering essential services. Such a policy’s success is crucial to address the new challenges for planning brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this sense, there is a need to adequately support its implementation by providing handy decision support tools, understanding the power balances among municipalities, and defining proper interventions. The Indicator Grid, already used by the SNAI for project areas selection, can answer this need. However, the Grid’s application to support public policy at the municipality level requires reviewing some of its features, such as the indicators’ large number and the impossibility of defining some of them at the municipal scale. Based on these premises, this paper aims at supporting inner areas policies by carrying out a critical analysis of the current SNAI Grid, aimed at improving its effectiveness. It relies on a hybrid methodology that merges qualitative data interpretations and statistical analyses. Thanks to this method, defining a parsimonious Grid by leaving its complexity and information level untouched is possible. The so-defined set of indicators can represent a valuable reference tool in pinpointing priorities for actions or selecting further territorial scopes from the SNAI perspective, even if it still brings some criticalities to be faced.
Marco Rossitti; Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Francesca Torrieri. The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI): A Critical Analysis of the Indicator Grid. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6927 .
AMA StyleMarco Rossitti, Marta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Francesca Torrieri. The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI): A Critical Analysis of the Indicator Grid. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6927.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco Rossitti; Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Francesca Torrieri. 2021. "The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI): A Critical Analysis of the Indicator Grid." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6927.
Alessandra Oppio; Francesca Torrieri; Emanuele Dell’Oca. Urban rent at risk: the point of viewof private investors [Rendita urbanaa rischio: la prospettiva degli investitori privati]. Valori e Valutazioni 2020, 27, 5 -18.
AMA StyleAlessandra Oppio, Francesca Torrieri, Emanuele Dell’Oca. Urban rent at risk: the point of viewof private investors [Rendita urbanaa rischio: la prospettiva degli investitori privati]. Valori e Valutazioni. 2020; 27 ():5-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Oppio; Francesca Torrieri; Emanuele Dell’Oca. 2020. "Urban rent at risk: the point of viewof private investors [Rendita urbanaa rischio: la prospettiva degli investitori privati]." Valori e Valutazioni 27, no. : 5-18.
Alessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. Correction to: Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction 2020, 12253, C1 -C1.
AMA StyleAlessandra Oppio, Marta Bottero, Federico Dell’Anna, Marta Dell’Ovo, Laura Gabrielli. Correction to: Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction. 2020; 12253 ():C1-C1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. 2020. "Correction to: Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area." Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction 12253, no. : C1-C1.
Urban planning can support the optimal exploitation of the resources available in an urban system with specific reference to the accessibility of goods and services by an increase of the quality of the public space. In this perspective, knowing the economic effects generated by urban planning choices can be fundamental to guide decision-making processes. For this purpose, a research work which proposes a method for defining a synthetic index through the Multi-Attribute Value Theory to describe urban quality is presented. The synthetic index proposed in this study reflects the public open spaces, accessibility and provision of services qualities of the urban context. Besides, this study estimates these advantages through the hedonic prices method, analyzing the residential market. The combined methodology has been applied in detail to three districts located in the Municipality of Milan (Italy). The simultaneous reading of the indices used to spatialise the urban quality levels allows identifying the extrinsic characteristics of the three neighbourhoods analyzed. Considering the changes induced on house prices, the results of the hedonic models show that the economic impacts generated by low levels of urban quality are significant. Accordingly, the policies that aim to transform the existing urban fabric become fundamental for the creation of economic and social value.
Alessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2020, 12253, 300 -315.
AMA StyleAlessandra Oppio, Marta Bottero, Federico Dell’Anna, Marta Dell’Ovo, Laura Gabrielli. Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2020; 12253 ():300-315.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. 2020. "Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area." Lecture Notes in Computer Science 12253, no. : 300-315.
In the light of the growing awareness of the importance of assessing cultural heritage social value and of community involvement in heritage-based planning processes, the paper hints an innovative and people-based approach, which attempts to base the process of appraisal of cultural heritage social value on a wide-spread participatory tool: community mapping. The paper moves from a review of the steps made by estimative theory in assessing cultural heritage social value, with a view to understanding what the current state of art is, what main issues can be pinpointed and, thus, how to enhance existing theories on this matter. Later, it focuses on community mapping, with the aim of understanding which benefits can stem from a participatory process based on this tool. Finally, the opportunity of applying community maps as a key element in the assessment of the social values of cultural heritage and its possible implications are discussed.
Francesca Torrieri; Alessandra Oppio; Marco Rossitti. Cultural Heritage Social Value and Community Mapping. New Metropolitan Perspectives 2020, 1786 -1795.
AMA StyleFrancesca Torrieri, Alessandra Oppio, Marco Rossitti. Cultural Heritage Social Value and Community Mapping. New Metropolitan Perspectives. 2020; ():1786-1795.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesca Torrieri; Alessandra Oppio; Marco Rossitti. 2020. "Cultural Heritage Social Value and Community Mapping." New Metropolitan Perspectives , no. : 1786-1795.
Starting from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment several research domains have focused on the complex relationship that persists between environmental system and human well-being according to their own theoretical as well as operational paradigms. Few are the cross-sectorial researches aimed at analyzing the ecosystems, their services and performances at different scales according to an integrated approach. The combination of different approaches and research methodologies represents a promising perspective both for framing the analysis and for landscape designing. Furthermore, the development of integrated and cross-disciplinary studies on the identification, measurement and evaluation of Ecosystem Services (ESs) appears relevant for its practical consequences on urban planning decisions with special respect to the construction of innovative strategies for metropolitan agricultural systems, urban open spaces and green areas. Given these premises, the contribution provides a systematic review and a citation network analysis to understand the relationship between the role of the design and the importance of evaluation in the ESs’ field of research.
Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio. The Role of the Evaluation in Designing Ecosystem Services. A Literature Review. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 1359 -1368.
AMA StyleMarta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio. The Role of the Evaluation in Designing Ecosystem Services. A Literature Review. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():1359-1368.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio. 2020. "The Role of the Evaluation in Designing Ecosystem Services. A Literature Review." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 1359-1368.
The introduction of the concept of sustainable development in the field of cultural heritage preservation has stressed the importance of a holistic approach. Achieving a balance among cultural significance retention and economic development is a challenging goal, even more for fragile and vulnerable contexts with limited economic and social resources, low return expectations and a huge tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Given such a complexity decisions about where to place valorisation interventions with the purpose to activate synergies with existing projects and trigger economic and social development processes require to be based on robust evaluation methodologies. According to this instance, Spatial Multicriteria Analysis (SMCA) can support decision-makers along all the steps of the decision process, moving from the intelligence phase to the design and, finally, to the choice one. Within this approach, the study has been focused on the intelligence phase, in order to define a multidimensional analytical framework aimed at mapping widespread cultural heritage with a special attention to its territorial features. The proposed methodological evaluation framework points out the challenge of structuring a decision problem related to the inner areas regeneration by the reuse of cultural heritage placed along slow mobility routes. The results are value maps that provide recommendations for placing culture heritage preservation and reuse interventions, meant as territorial catalyst.
Alessandra Oppio; Marta Dell'Ovo. Cultural Heritage Preservation and Territorial Attractiveness: A Spatial Multidimensional Evaluation Approach. CoDesign for Public-Interest Services 2020, 105 -125.
AMA StyleAlessandra Oppio, Marta Dell'Ovo. Cultural Heritage Preservation and Territorial Attractiveness: A Spatial Multidimensional Evaluation Approach. CoDesign for Public-Interest Services. 2020; ():105-125.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Oppio; Marta Dell'Ovo. 2020. "Cultural Heritage Preservation and Territorial Attractiveness: A Spatial Multidimensional Evaluation Approach." CoDesign for Public-Interest Services , no. : 105-125.
Stakeholders participation in the field of the public decision stimulates learning processes able to generate common knowledge based on shared information. In fact, by including different stakeholders in the decision process different knowledge domains can be integrated. To facilitate this processes, Decision Support Systems (DSSs) have been framed to support stakeholders in decision making for specific purposes. The contribution aims at reflecting on stakeholder participation and to propose a possible participatory process in the context of the location of healthcare facilities based on the methodological framework developed by Simon extended to the scale of Arnstein. Connections of the study within the line of research concerning the “Policy Analytics” perspective are proposed highlighting the importance of the combination of data-driven with value-driven approaches. Moreover, this conclusive chapter will synthetize main achievement and findings of the book.
Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. Policy Implications. How to Support Decision-Makers in Setting and Solving Complex Problems. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2020, 113 -121.
AMA StyleMarta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. Policy Implications. How to Support Decision-Makers in Setting and Solving Complex Problems. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2020; ():113-121.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "Policy Implications. How to Support Decision-Makers in Setting and Solving Complex Problems." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 113-121.
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) allows to establish preferences about multiple options by considering both qualitative and quantitative data. MCDA is structured in main stages aimed at supporting Decision-Makers (DMs) to establish the decision context, elicit main objectives, explore potential decisions by assessing their performances and to take a final decision. Within the decision context concerning the location of healthcare facilities, four main steps of the stages characterizing the MCDA have been investigated given their relevance in affecting the decision problem, namely the presence of a variety of stakeholders, the definition of a consistent set of criteria, the choice of the criteria weight elicitation procedure and the selection of an aggregation procedure. The purpose of the contribution is to present some prominent existing methodologies aimed at developing the four steps identified in order to detect strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, given the nature of the decision problem, main features of the spatial analysis will be discussed.
Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. Structuring the Decision Problem. A Spatial Multi-methodological Approach. Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities 2020, 29 -51.
AMA StyleMarta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. Structuring the Decision Problem. A Spatial Multi-methodological Approach. Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities. 2020; ():29-51.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "Structuring the Decision Problem. A Spatial Multi-methodological Approach." Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities , no. : 29-51.
Decision Support Systems (DSSs) have been developed for aiding Decision-Makers (DMs) in handling and solving complex problems. When decisions belong to the public domain, as for the location of healthcare facilities, the use of DSSs could be fundamental to justify choices made and to easily communicate the results to citizens. Given the nature of the decision problem, the support of the Multicriteria-Spatial Decision Support Systems (MC-SDSS) has been recognised as strategic given the possibility to frame the decision problem, by breaking it down into hierarchical levels and to visualise the result directly on the territory through the use of maps. The contribution aims at presenting the strengths and weaknesses of the MC-SDSS for the location of healthcare facilities tested on a case study located in the Municipality of Milan, Italy, and to propose a DSS developed to support DMs, namely the Evaluation Tool for the Siting of Healthcare facilities (SitHealth Evaluation Tool).
Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. Modelling the Spatial Decision Problem. Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: SitHealth Evaluation Tool. Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities 2020, 81 -112.
AMA StyleMarta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. Modelling the Spatial Decision Problem. Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: SitHealth Evaluation Tool. Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities. 2020; ():81-112.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "Modelling the Spatial Decision Problem. Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: SitHealth Evaluation Tool." Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities , no. : 81-112.
The location of healthcare facilities is commonly considered as an ill-structured decision problem since characterized by the coexistence of several and sometimes conflictual criteria, the presence of different stakolders with their own viewpoints and the necessity to find a trade-off among dimensions involved. Given these premises the contribution is aimed at proposing a detailed analysis of the State of the Art (SoA) of the location problem under investigation through a deep review of scientific papers, existing evaluation tools and the researches focused on solving the hospital’s site selection. The main purpose of this chapter is to underline existing gaps on this decision problem in order to define an evaluation approach useful to structure a multidimensional framework. In fact, the analysis of the SoA has been developed in order to highlight how previous researches managed the decision problem by pointing out methodologies applied, software used and in particular criteria defined.
Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. The Location Problem. Addressing Decisions About Healthcare Facilities. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2020, 1 -28.
AMA StyleMarta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. The Location Problem. Addressing Decisions About Healthcare Facilities. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2020; ():1-28.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "The Location Problem. Addressing Decisions About Healthcare Facilities." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 1-28.
The management of health policies is characterised by multi-level hierarchies and actors. Given the presence of several and sometimes conflictual needs and expectations elicited by stakeholders involved and the complexity of the decision problem concerning the location of healthcare facilities, a multi-methodological evaluation framework is proposed within this contribution. The process is based on the four traditional stages of the Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), recognised as the most critical in the context of the location of healthcare facilities, namely stakeholder analysis, criteria definition, weights assignments and aggregation procedure. Since several methodologies have to be combined, the proposed framework is conceived as an iterative and flexible approach where each phase can be reviewed when necessary. The methodology proposed is tested on a case study located in the Municipality of Milan, Italy.
Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. Approaching the Location of Healthcare Facilities: How to Model the Decision Problem. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2020, 53 -79.
AMA StyleMarta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. Approaching the Location of Healthcare Facilities: How to Model the Decision Problem. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2020; ():53-79.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "Approaching the Location of Healthcare Facilities: How to Model the Decision Problem." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 53-79.
According to the research grant titled “Urban Health: good practices for health impact assessment of urban and environmental redevelopment and regeneration interventions” and awarded by the Italian National Center for Disease prevention and Control (CCM) in 2017, this paper is aimed to describe the overall goal of the project: develop and disseminate experience-based practices among Policy Makers, based on Health Impact Assessment models, literature and case studies, mainly referred to healthy aging and equity in urban regeneration programs. The authors were involved in the development and application phases of a quali-quantitative assessment tool, capable of providing an effective and flexible support to the Local Health Agencies (LHAs) for evaluating the Urban Health strategies’ integrations into urban plans. The final framework is composed by 20 criteria, aimed to assess the propensity of urban plans to promote Urban Health strategies. The criteria are divided into 7 macro-areas: the first one including prerequisites (0. General criteria) while the other 6 constituting the assessment tool (1. Environment; 2. Soil and subsoil; 3. Sustainability and hygiene of the built environment; 4. Urban and social development; 5. Mobility and transport; 6. Outdoor spaces). This research project could be considered a starting point to disseminate methods, tools and indicators to design and assess not merely the public spaces’ environmental quality, but also foresee the urban plans’ Public Health outcomes.
Maddalena Buffoli; Andrea Rebecchi; Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. Transforming the Built Environment Through Healthy-Design Strategies. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 187 -196.
AMA StyleMaddalena Buffoli, Andrea Rebecchi, Marta Dell’Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. Transforming the Built Environment Through Healthy-Design Strategies. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():187-196.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaddalena Buffoli; Andrea Rebecchi; Marta Dell’Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "Transforming the Built Environment Through Healthy-Design Strategies." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 187-196.
The rise of neoliberalism in the context of urban development has encouraged cooperation between public and private parties. This cooperation is structured by contracts, generally called Urban Development Agreements (UDAs). Being part of the urban regeneration strategies, UDAs aim at achieving durable improvements of abandoned areas, namely brownfields, according to the sustainability principles. Thus, within the negotiation between private developers and public administrations, multiple and conflicting instances have to be faced case by case. Despite the uniqueness of each UDA, it is possible to define a set of pertinent characteristics that play a crucial role in determining the fairness and appropriateness of the public-private partnership. Given this context, we propose a novel variant of the Dominance Rough Set Approach (DRSA) for i) exploring the relationship between condition attributes or criteria and effects of urban development processes and for ii) supporting negotiations according to the detection of a set of relevant features. Specifically, DRSA is applied on a sample of UDAs recently concluded in the Lombardy Region (Northern Italy), and then tested on a sample of other UDAs under the negotiation phase. The analysis involves five dimensions represented by attributes and criteria related to urban, institutional, negotiation, development and economic contexts. The inferred decision rules provide useful knowledge for supporting complex decision processes such as the allocation of costs and benefits within UDAs.
Alessandra Oppio; Marta Dell’Ovo; Francesca Torrieri; Grzegorz Miebs; Miłosz Kadziński. Understanding the drivers of Urban Development Agreements with the rough set approach and robust decision rules. Land Use Policy 2020, 96, 104678 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Oppio, Marta Dell’Ovo, Francesca Torrieri, Grzegorz Miebs, Miłosz Kadziński. Understanding the drivers of Urban Development Agreements with the rough set approach and robust decision rules. Land Use Policy. 2020; 96 ():104678.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Oppio; Marta Dell’Ovo; Francesca Torrieri; Grzegorz Miebs; Miłosz Kadziński. 2020. "Understanding the drivers of Urban Development Agreements with the rough set approach and robust decision rules." Land Use Policy 96, no. : 104678.
The book examines an integrated approach for addressing decisions about the location of healthcare facilities. Supported by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), the approach provides comprehensive information on territory, taking into account the spatial dimensions. Due to the multiple criteria involved, site selection for urban facilities is a crucial topic in planning decision processes, especially for healthcare facilities. Healthcare provision policies generally fail to address the distribution of facilities within cities, entrusting decisions to various stakeholders. Moreover current evaluation tools focus on the intrinsic performances of healthcare structures, disregarding the extrinsic characteristics, namely those related to the location. Starting with a cross-disciplinary literature review, the book describes a multi-methodological approach for decision-making regarding the location of healthcare facilities, and presents an innovative evaluation tool that simultaneously considers functional, locational, environmental and economic issues, providing a comprehensive overview of the areas under investigation.
Marta Dell'Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleMarta Dell'Ovo, Alessandra Oppio, Stefano Capolongo. Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Dell'Ovo; Alessandra Oppio; Stefano Capolongo. 2020. "Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 1.
In recent years adaptive reuse has proven to be a promising strategy for preserving cultural heritage. When the adaptive reuse approach is used for cultural heritage, the expected outcome is not only the building protection, but the preservation of its historical and heritage significance, and the trade-off between the retention of symbolic values and the adaptation to new alternative (economically profitable) uses becomes of paramount importance. Decisions on the allocation of resources for cultural heritage preservation or development are based on a set of multiple, often conflicting, criteria, as well on the preferences of various, and not always consensual, stakeholders, who attribute different relative importance to market and non-market effects of adaptive reuse proposals. In this context, multiple criteria approaches provide a proper theoretical and methodological framework to address the complexity which characterizes adaptive reuse strategies of cultural heritage. This paper aims to contribute to this strand of literature by proposing a multicriteria decision aiding approach for ranking adaptive reuse strategies of cultural heritage. In detail, we present a novel application of the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) to support the design and implementation of adaptive reuse strategies of abandoned industrial heritage in vulnerable contexts, and evaluate relative tangible and intangible effects. Industrial sites are frequently left to deteriorate, as their preservation is not considered as important as other kinds of heritage structures. Nevertheless, they are characterized by special architectural and technical features as well as by huge spaces suitable to be redeveloped for new uses. The paper focuses on the potential reuse of nine different abandoned buildings located in an industrial valley in the North-West of Italy, with a strong presence of wool and silk factories starting from the 18th century.
Marta Bottero; Chiara D’Alpaos; Alessandra Oppio. Ranking of Adaptive Reuse Strategies for Abandoned Industrial Heritage in Vulnerable Contexts: A Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding Approach. Sustainability 2019, 11, 785 .
AMA StyleMarta Bottero, Chiara D’Alpaos, Alessandra Oppio. Ranking of Adaptive Reuse Strategies for Abandoned Industrial Heritage in Vulnerable Contexts: A Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding Approach. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (3):785.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Bottero; Chiara D’Alpaos; Alessandra Oppio. 2019. "Ranking of Adaptive Reuse Strategies for Abandoned Industrial Heritage in Vulnerable Contexts: A Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding Approach." Sustainability 11, no. 3: 785.
Marta Bottero; Chiara D’Alpaos; Alessandra Oppio. Decision-Making for Urban Planning and Regional Development. Advances in Operations Research 2019, 2019, 1 -2.
AMA StyleMarta Bottero, Chiara D’Alpaos, Alessandra Oppio. Decision-Making for Urban Planning and Regional Development. Advances in Operations Research. 2019; 2019 ():1-2.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Bottero; Chiara D’Alpaos; Alessandra Oppio. 2019. "Decision-Making for Urban Planning and Regional Development." Advances in Operations Research 2019, no. : 1-2.
Large-scale urban regeneration is usually characterized by a complex decision environment in which several different stakeholders are expected to agree on a shared strategy. Contrasting interests, different values and diverse objectives make the issue particularly appropriate to be inquired throughout multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). This paper elects the Asian context as a case study to apply a multi-methodological evaluation approach aimed at defining a regeneration strategy with respect to actors’ preferences. The Kwun Tong area (earlier industrial site in Hong Kong) represents the focus of the research where a combination of the following techniques has been used: context investigation, stakeholders analysis, scenario building, social multicriteria analysis through the Novel Approach to Imprecise Assessment and Decision Environments (NAIADE) method and Multi-Attribute Value Theory (MAVT). The aim is to demonstrate the complex role played by evaluation activities within a design process aimed at finding balanced regeneration scenarios with respect to the needs of most of the parties involved.
Marta Bottero; Alessandra Oppio; Martina Bonardo; Giulia Quaglia. Hybrid evaluation approaches for urban regeneration processes of landfills and industrial sites: the case of the Kwun Tong area in Hong Kong. Land Use Policy 2019, 82, 585 -594.
AMA StyleMarta Bottero, Alessandra Oppio, Martina Bonardo, Giulia Quaglia. Hybrid evaluation approaches for urban regeneration processes of landfills and industrial sites: the case of the Kwun Tong area in Hong Kong. Land Use Policy. 2019; 82 ():585-594.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Bottero; Alessandra Oppio; Martina Bonardo; Giulia Quaglia. 2019. "Hybrid evaluation approaches for urban regeneration processes of landfills and industrial sites: the case of the Kwun Tong area in Hong Kong." Land Use Policy 82, no. : 585-594.
The paper illustrates the development of an evaluation model for supporting the decision-making process related to an urban regeneration intervention. In particular, the study proposes an original multi-methodological approach, which combines SWOT Analysis, Stakeholders Analysis and PROMETHEE method for the evaluation of alternative renewal strategies of an urban area in Northern Italy. The article also describes the work carried out within an experts’ panel that has been organized for validating the structuring of the decision problem and for evaluating the criteria of the model.
Marta Bottero; Chiara D’Alpaos; Alessandra Oppio. Multicriteria Evaluation of Urban Regeneration Processes: An Application of PROMETHEE Method in Northern Italy. Advances in Operations Research 2018, 2018, 1 -12.
AMA StyleMarta Bottero, Chiara D’Alpaos, Alessandra Oppio. Multicriteria Evaluation of Urban Regeneration Processes: An Application of PROMETHEE Method in Northern Italy. Advances in Operations Research. 2018; 2018 ():1-12.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Bottero; Chiara D’Alpaos; Alessandra Oppio. 2018. "Multicriteria Evaluation of Urban Regeneration Processes: An Application of PROMETHEE Method in Northern Italy." Advances in Operations Research 2018, no. : 1-12.