Partner und Internationale Organisationen
(Englisch)
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AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, GR, IT, LT, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RS, SI, UK
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Abstract
(Englisch)
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The main objective of the C23 Action is to investigate how carbon reductions can be achieved through appropriate design and management of the urban built environment. The action follows an interdisciplinary approach that involves experts from different scientific fields, like urban planners, architects, engineers, geographers, etc. and it is based on the analysis of several case studies selected by the partners. We focused our work on the 'energetic efficiency' of the urban structures (rather than on the single building or vehicle) seeing it as the most important factor for the definition of the energy consumption of the whole transports system. Attractive and effective transport infrastructures have always been seen as one of the keys to the success for towns, cities, regions and so on. The human being struggles since from the ancient times to improve the accessibility, to reduce the travel times, to simplify the traveling. The sustainability issues (environmental and economical), which became more and more important during the last years, bring new complexity to the field. Capacity, speed, land use etc. cannot be regarded anymore as the only evaluations parameters, and efficiencies indicators as energy consumption, carbon emission, and so on, are getting more and more importance. The structure of the urban and regional settlements, the characteristics of the transportations network and offer, as well as the transports habits of the inhabitants (modal choices, travelled distances, etc.) are strictly connected in a rather complex “circular” cause/effect relationship that is not always easy to decode. This project takes the Zurich Area as case study to investigate the policies, strategies and measures that have been used and put in charge in the last years. Especially interesting is the analysis of the mid-long term effects of the S-Bahn Zurich metropolitan train system (in service since 1990) to understand if and how it influenced the development of the urban area, and the distribution of the people on the territory (between city and country, city and small towns, high-density and low-density settlements, etc.) together with the traveling habits (modal split, km/day). At the same time the new and most innovative developments of the mobility management have to be researched and analyzed (as for example the “Fahrtenmodell” – “Trips Model” aimed at the control of the parking lots generated traffic) to highlight potentials as well as problems and limits. The assessment of the effectiveness and of the feasibility is carried on comparing different development scenarios (considering the effects of the measures and policies to be assessed / not considering the effect of the measures and policies to be assessed). The comparison is based on available statistical data as well as on estimations and models. Part of the results and collected data has been included in the 'European Carbon Atlas' which put together most of the results of the research activities carried on by the COST C23 european working group.
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