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Dr. Francesco Sica
Doctoral School of Architecture and Construction, Department of Architecture and Design, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome 00185, Italy

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Published: 24 April 2021 in Sustainability
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From the 21st century to the present(2021), a worldwide awareness that cities’ development must be based on projects for socio-economic growth and environmental protection is increasing. World governmental agencies and the European Union have suggested action strategies for the construction of «prototype cities» whose value must be founded on the inclusion and/or preservation of anthropic-natural elements and their effects on territories. In order to minimize the theoretical–practical gap between planning and project design with a view to sustainable development and the evaluation of their performance from economic, social and environmental points of view, the present contribution aims to outline a framework useful for systematizing the main scientific contributions concerning sustainability and the evaluation of urban transformation projects. The objective is pursued by analyzing bibliographic references with specific regard to the use of logical-operative methodologies used to rationalize the processes of interventions’ evaluation and selection. The task of examining the available literature is carried out with an investigation protocol of four sequential steps. From the implementation of the last one, the evidence expressing the heterogeneity of the examples in the literature is described. Accordingly, the theoretical-methodological framework for the project evaluation from an urban sustainability perspective is illustrated.

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Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Tajani; Maria Guarini; Francesco Sica. A Systematic Review of the Existing Literature for the Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Projects. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4782 .

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Pierluigi Morano, Francesco Tajani, Maria Guarini, Francesco Sica. A Systematic Review of the Existing Literature for the Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Projects. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4782.

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Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Tajani; Maria Guarini; Francesco Sica. 2021. "A Systematic Review of the Existing Literature for the Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Projects." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4782.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2020 in Valori e Valutazioni
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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Antonio Nesticò; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. Urban rent control: a decision support tool for the optimal resources allocation between urban forest projects. Valori e Valutazioni 2020, 27, 77 -90.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini, Antonio Nesticò, Pierluigi Morano, Francesco Sica. Urban rent control: a decision support tool for the optimal resources allocation between urban forest projects. Valori e Valutazioni. 2020; 27 ():77-90.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Antonio Nesticò; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. 2020. "Urban rent control: a decision support tool for the optimal resources allocation between urban forest projects." Valori e Valutazioni 27, no. : 77-90.

Conference paper
Published: 29 September 2020 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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The variables that influence the price formation mechanisms of urban real estate units concern both the socio-economic both the infrastructural and environmental system of the city. In literature, the links between real estate and territory are not widely investigated. This is especially with reference to the correlation levels between Real Estate Prices and the provision of urban greening. In this perspective, aim of the research is to examine functional relations between property prices, environmental factors, and socio-economic parameters. The applied methodology is based on statistical correlation analysis. This supports the construction of an innovative model for the estimation of the function that explains the dependence of property values on social and environmental factors that characterize the city. The elaborations concern data derived with the Tool i-Tree Landescape. Through Geographic Information Systems (GIS), these data are useful to obtain thematic maps illustrating the spatial distribution of Real Estate Prices, Tree Cover, and Per-Capita Income. The surveyed geographical units are the Census Blocks of Buffalo City in New York State (USA).

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Antonio Nesticò; Theodore Endreny; Maria Rosaria Guarini; Francesco Sica; Debora Anelli. Real Estate Values, Tree Cover, and Per-Capita Income: An Evaluation of the Interdependencies in Buffalo City (NY). Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12251, 913 -926.

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Antonio Nesticò, Theodore Endreny, Maria Rosaria Guarini, Francesco Sica, Debora Anelli. Real Estate Values, Tree Cover, and Per-Capita Income: An Evaluation of the Interdependencies in Buffalo City (NY). Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12251 ():913-926.

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Antonio Nesticò; Theodore Endreny; Maria Rosaria Guarini; Francesco Sica; Debora Anelli. 2020. "Real Estate Values, Tree Cover, and Per-Capita Income: An Evaluation of the Interdependencies in Buffalo City (NY)." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12251, no. : 913-926.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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The market value of urban property depends not only on its specific characteristics, but also on reference macro-economic variables such as socio-demographic, productive, infrastructural, and environmental quality and associated ecosystem services. The links between urban property real estate values and ecosystem services, particularly those generated by urban forests, are not yet sufficiently investigated and hence are the focus of this research. The study site is the City of Syracuse, New York, USA, with well characterized urban forest ecosystem services and property values. The study correlated real estate values and parameters of economic condition (per-capita income), ecosystem services (carbon sequestration), and urban forestry system (tree canopy area). The median home value correlation with both per capita income had an R2 = 0.8748 and with carbon sequestration it had an R2 = 0.7757. The data was obtained in the online i-Tree Landscape tool. Geographic information systems analysis was used to create maps that support analysis of the correlation levels between the involved variables.

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Antonio Nesticò; Francesco Sica; Theodore Endreny. Real Estate Values and Ecosystem Services: Correlation Levels. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 802 -810.

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Antonio Nesticò, Francesco Sica, Theodore Endreny. Real Estate Values and Ecosystem Services: Correlation Levels. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():802-810.

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Antonio Nesticò; Francesco Sica; Theodore Endreny. 2020. "Real Estate Values and Ecosystem Services: Correlation Levels." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 802-810.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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In the field of urban planning processes, the territorial redevelopment initiatives are important for the sustainable development of the cities. With reference to a real case study in the city of Pontedera (Italy), the aim of the present work is to highlight the usefulness of the Cost-Volume Profit Analysis (CVPA) as a tool to support the decisions of the public and private operators involved in three urban redevelopment initiatives. Specifically, for each identified transformation plots, two scenarios have been analyzed, by considering for each one all the building rights allowed by the General Regulatory Plan (GRP) of the city, and the requests of public and private subjects involved. The results achieved prove the inadequacy and rigidity of the forecasts of the GRP which, therefore, need to be checked in advance to avoid the expenditure of public money. In this way, the proposed model allows the public subject to correctly calibrate the extent and type of requests to be made to the private entrepreneur, who will be able to verify its own financial balance sheet and its expected amount of revenues and costs. The implemented methodology can be a useful support for the municipal administration in order to favor a quick financial assessment and to activate a negotiation on the building parameters of the different analyzed interventions.

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Debora Anelli; Francesco Sica. The Financial Feasibility Analysis of Urban Transformation Projects: An Application of a Quick Assessment Model. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 462 -474.

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Debora Anelli, Francesco Sica. The Financial Feasibility Analysis of Urban Transformation Projects: An Application of a Quick Assessment Model. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():462-474.

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Debora Anelli; Francesco Sica. 2020. "The Financial Feasibility Analysis of Urban Transformation Projects: An Application of a Quick Assessment Model." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 462-474.

Journal article
Published: 03 February 2020 in Sustainability
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It is recognized, in Europe and elsewhere, that there is a need to implement sustainable urban intervention policies based also on the recovery of existing public real estate assets. In Italy, the schools are a significant part of public property. At this time (2019), many buildings destined for teaching need to be redeveloped, both from a structural and plant engineering point of view, and with regard to the management of the spaces available for teaching and social activities. Although, there have been many attempts by the legislator to regulate the modus operandi in the school construction field, it is clear that there is a lack of a unique regulatory system in which the technical and functional-managerial aspects relating to the same school are considered together. On this basis, with this study a multi-criteria evaluation protocol to support intervention planning for the redevelopment of existing school buildings is proposed. The study defines an evaluation framework with which we can establish the design priorities to be carried out in accordance with the building features and community needs. The evaluation framework is tested on a renewal project regarding a school building located in the historic center of Rome (Italy).

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. Historical School Buildings. A Multi-Criteria Approach for Urban Sustainable Projects. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1076 .

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Maria Rosaria Guarini, Pierluigi Morano, Francesco Sica. Historical School Buildings. A Multi-Criteria Approach for Urban Sustainable Projects. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):1076.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. 2020. "Historical School Buildings. A Multi-Criteria Approach for Urban Sustainable Projects." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 1076.

Journal article
Published: 11 July 2019 in Energies
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The technological components regarding building cladding are designed for ensuring thermo-hygrometric comfort conditions within habitable spaces and realising smart buildings. Often the solutions adopted are identified referring only to the characteristics of mechanical and energy materials without considering the ecological–environmental properties in an urban context. Thus, it is appropriate to choose technological components not only according to material type, but also ecological aspects pursued through presence and/or structured integration of natural elements. The technical-design forms based on “building–nature” integration allows, on one hand, the sustainable soil use with multiple benefits (ecosystem services) that natural systems produce, on the other hand, the identification of technological solutions sized referring environmental quality levels achieved through appropriate natural species use. In this way, it can be obtained lower buildings investment and maintenance costs, and greater energetic–environmental benefits. So, it is proposed an evaluation protocol for settlement transformation interventions structured considering environmental effects obtained with Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) into the project. According to ecological–environmental quality level achieved with NBSs, the technological component is sized according to preliminary design parameters (noise reduction and solar irradiation degree) obtained through NBSs. The total performance level of technological solutions is expressed using Economic–Environmental Indicators. The protocol is tested on social housing case in Anagnina district of Rome (Italy).

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. Integrated Ecosystem Design: An Evaluation Model to Support the Choice of Eco-Compatible Technological Solutions for Residential Building. Energies 2019, 12, 2659 .

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Maria Rosaria Guarini, Pierluigi Morano, Francesco Sica. Integrated Ecosystem Design: An Evaluation Model to Support the Choice of Eco-Compatible Technological Solutions for Residential Building. Energies. 2019; 12 (14):2659.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. 2019. "Integrated Ecosystem Design: An Evaluation Model to Support the Choice of Eco-Compatible Technological Solutions for Residential Building." Energies 12, no. 14: 2659.

Journal article
Published: 09 January 2019 in Sustainability
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The second half of the 20th century was characterized by rapid growth of the urban population and lack of attention to environmental quality in the urbanizes territories. Thus, the development of many cities during that period took place through policies which, over time, resulted in a disaggregated landscape, both in morphological and functional terms. In some cases, these policies have caused the creation of land portions without a specific characterization, and the generation of urban voids that negatively affect the city’s development. To solve this problem, the public administration sectors of many countries are looking for new intervention strategies that are feasible from a social and economic point of view which are able to guarantee sustainable development. From this perspective, the execution of urban regeneration initiatives, including forestation, allows for the improvement of both environmental quality and citizens’ well-being, and promotes economic development. Considering the multiple effects that these initiatives can generate and the limited availability of public and private resources, it is appropriate to use multi-criteria decision support tools through which it is possible to evaluate the interventions’ complexity and best identify the city areas that lend themselves to be recovered and improved through the forestation. The aim of this work is to develop a support tool for public administrations aimed at identifying the optimal forestry projects’ location according to criteria that not only refer to financial type, but also their social, cultural, and environmental nature. Using Discrete Linear Programming algorithms, the model has been tested through a theoretical case study and reveals the advantages and limitations of the model, as well as future research prospects.

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Antonio Nesticò; Maria Rosaria Guarini; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. An Economic Analysis Algorithm for Urban Forestry Projects. Sustainability 2019, 11, 314 .

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Antonio Nesticò, Maria Rosaria Guarini, Pierluigi Morano, Francesco Sica. An Economic Analysis Algorithm for Urban Forestry Projects. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (2):314.

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Antonio Nesticò; Maria Rosaria Guarini; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. 2019. "An Economic Analysis Algorithm for Urban Forestry Projects." Sustainability 11, no. 2: 314.

Conference paper
Published: 19 May 2018 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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The urban green areas represent a strategic resource for the contemporary city sustainable development. In addition to aesthetic and recreational functions, their presence contributes to increase the environmental quality level by improving the microclimate, preserving the biodiversity and promoting the territory economic growth. However, the interventions execution designed to provide the built areas of the so-called urban forests is rarely indicated as a priority action in the urban spaces planning because often a different allocation of available resources is preferred. In this work, starting from the definition of a indicators set useful for expressing the not only financial, but also social, cultural and environmental components of value of the projects for urban forestry, the aim is to build a multi-criteria economic analysis protocol purposeful at predicting the correct funds distribution between initiatives for realization of urban forests at a district scale. The characterization of the model is carried out through the logical-mathematical tools of the Operational Research developed according to Continuous Linear Programming principles.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Antonio Nesticò; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. A Multicriteria Economic Analysis Model for Urban Forestry Projects. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2018, 564 -571.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini, Antonio Nesticò, Pierluigi Morano, Francesco Sica. A Multicriteria Economic Analysis Model for Urban Forestry Projects. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2018; ():564-571.

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Maria Rosaria Guarini; Antonio Nesticò; Pierluigi Morano; Francesco Sica. 2018. "A Multicriteria Economic Analysis Model for Urban Forestry Projects." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 564-571.

Journal article
Published: 03 July 2017 in Journal of Property Investment & Finance
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Purpose The decisions taken today relating to urban renewal interventions are rarely supported by logical and operational methodologies capable of effectively rationalising selection processes. For this purpose, it is necessary to propose and implement analysis models with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of the territory. The purpose of this paper is to define a model for the optimal allocation of scarce resources. Design/methodology/approach The Discrete Linear Programming (DLP) is used for selecting investments aimed at achieving financial, social, cultural and environmental sustainability. Findings The proposed model lends itself to the construction of investment plans on behalf of both types of decision makers, of both a public and a private nature. Research limitations/implications All projects are evaluated according to multi-criteria logics, so that it is possible to find compromise solutions, in accordance with the stakeholders’ different preferences. Practical implications The model, written with A Mathematical Programming Language using DLP logics, is tested – case study – so as to define an investment programme finalised for urban renewal of a vast area. Social implications The proposed econometric model makes it possible to obtain the optimal combination of projects for urban renewal with a view to achieving the sustainable development of the territory. Originality/value Using the proposed model, all projects are evaluated according to multi-criteria logics, so that it is possible to find compromise solutions, in accordance with the stakeholders’ different preferences.

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Antonio Nesticò; Francesco Sica. The sustainability of urban renewal projects: a model for economic multi-criteria analysis. Journal of Property Investment & Finance 2017, 35, 397 -409.

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Antonio Nesticò, Francesco Sica. The sustainability of urban renewal projects: a model for economic multi-criteria analysis. Journal of Property Investment & Finance. 2017; 35 (4):397-409.

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Antonio Nesticò; Francesco Sica. 2017. "The sustainability of urban renewal projects: a model for economic multi-criteria analysis." Journal of Property Investment & Finance 35, no. 4: 397-409.