How has Cagliari Changed Its Citizens in Smart Citizens? Exploring the Influence of ITS Technology on Urban Social Interactions

Coni, Mauro; Garau, Chiara; Pinna, Francesco

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95168-3_39

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“…After this initiative, several programs developed initiatives to promote children's mobility, in particular concerning home-to-school itineraries (Pedibus and à peis programs). These projects are in line with more general policies aimed at fostering independent mobility [52], including the introduction of a bicycle-sharing service, extension of the bicycle path network, and reorganization of public open spaces. This last action is articulated in the pedestrianisation of different areas within Cagliari (e.g., Villanova and Marina districts) and of roads (e.g., Corso Vittorio Emanuele, starting from 2016), and in the revitalization of significant outdoor urban places (e.g., via Manno, piazza Garibaldi, and piazza San Michele, starting from 2017).…”

Section: Cagliari Italy and Applications To Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 67%

A Methodological Framework for Assessing Practicability of the Urban Space: The Survey on Conditions of Practicable Environments (SCOPE) Procedure Applied in the Case Study of Cagliari (Italy)

2018

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Children's independent activities within public spaces emerge as a fundamental condition for their development considered in the context of their needs: socialization, movement, autonomy, and enrichment of their creative, imaginative, and cognitive potential. The promotion of their independence represents a relevant issue for implementing the smart city paradigm. This paradigm calls for a methodological framework where the urban fabric's performance is evaluated via comprehensive analytic protocols. The proposed study presents an audit tool for evaluating the quality of urban spaces in terms of their practicability by children: the Survey on Conditions of Practicable Environments (SCOPE). The practicability of this research is establishing the quality of urban spaces' usability, and it is expressed in terms of compositional, configurational, functional, and social factors of the built environment organized within a framework articulated in seven key dimensions (connectivity, convenience, comfort, commitment, conviviality, conspicuousness, and coexistence). The introduction of the concept of practicability and of indicators incorporating the demand for a children-sensitive perspective in the project of public spaces determine the novelty of the SCOPE procedure. This methodology was applied to an area in Central Cagliari, Italy, to evaluate the usability of public spaces. The results reveal that the proposed methodology is relevant for implementing the smart city paradigm because it addresses children's autonomy and their rights to the city by selecting and defining indicators to clarify and assess conditions of the built environment conducive to children's autonomy and independent social activities.Sustainability 2018, 10, 4189 2 of 23 functionality of the city [5,6], but also a condition for inclusion and equality to consolidate sustainable communities [7]. Practicability can be defined as the potential of the public urban space to promote children's independence by accommodating their independent social activities [6][7][8][9][10][11]. The concept of practicability incorporates not only the demand for a children-sensitive perspective in public spaces [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] but also the conceptualization of the inclusivity of public spaces as their potential to accommodate and enable children's independent mobility, and informal and structured, individual and collective ludic activities [6][7][8][10][11][12].The issue of children's engagement in independent outdoor activities can be referred to the more general problem of a contemporary city's walkability. Walkability can be defined as the extent to which the urban environment is usable for pedestrians [17]. Concerns about walkability relate to a recognition of walking as a fundamental factor for promoting more sustainable, active, and inclusive communities [18,19]. The concept of practicability diverges from the notion of walkability because it emphasizes the importance of exploration and appropriation of public spaces through play as a conditi...

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Section: Cagliari Italy and Applications To Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 67%

A Methodological Framework for Assessing Practicability of the Urban Space: The Survey on Conditions of Practicable Environments (SCOPE) Procedure Applied in the Case Study of Cagliari (Italy)

2018

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“…Considering the organization of urban areas, the authors suggest the following guidelines: a detailed study of the possibility of promoting the mobility shift from private to public transport, while checking the attainable thresholds and town-planning implications; an exploration of the possibilities and implications of organization strategies of the primary railway hubs serving regional and metropolitan mobility, both in terms of the distribution of accessibility values that could promote evolution towards a net structure of settlement patterns, and in terms of management models; an integrated holistic approach that brings people’s needs back to the center of projects [ 35 ]. …”

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Accessibility Improvements and Place-Based Organization in the Island of Sardinia (Italy)

Coni

Garau

Maltinti

et al. 2020

Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020

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The poor transport system in Sardinia, particularly in the inner areas, affects the social-economic development and the determinants of the productive activities. After illustrating the specificities of these areas in terms of transport accessibility, orography, and the relationship between populations, a new territorial organization is proposed, integrating the new tendencies in mobility. The development of the transport system of these marginal areas plays a key role in future scenarios. In the paper, some analysis highlights the infrastructural weaknesses and the limited accessibility of the inner areas and its negative effects on the local economy. These can be overcome fixing reference hubs, with the function of supplying services and connecting most developed and rich territories located in the coastal areas. On a regional basis, the reference hubs would accomplish the task of a firm, efficient link with the mainland, while the minor hubs would have the function of spreading the urban impact throughout the territory. The strategy matches with the improvement in land accessibility, with vast intervention on the inner road system, and with the creation of a system of strong links with the main urban settlements of the island and with the regional and national transport network. A further strategy is maximizing the integration among infrastructural systems, productive structures, agricultural areas, services, and residential centers, with the perspective of promoting the tourist and environmental vocation of Sardinia. Finally, a new criteria for the infrastructures, integration of the different transport modes with the main transport terminals, is proposed.

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“…Instead, STP becomes integrated according to the logic of TOD (Transit Oriented Development). Namely, transport and territory must influence each other for having an efficient transport system [ 35 ]; The shift from Mobility (planning for cars) to Accessibility (planning for people, considering their movements) [ 36 ]; The STP is focalized on any non-motorized transport (human powered mobility) [ 37 , 38 ]; The STP considers the streets and the squares in a more complex way: they are spaces for social interaction [ 39 ]; Cost-benefit analysis of TTP is in contrast with multi-criteria analysis of STP. The multi-criteria analysis also takes into account intangible costs (e.g.…”

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“Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans”: Key Concepts and a Critical Revision on SUMPs Guidelines

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Garau

Ignaccolo

et al. 2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Cities play a fundamental role not only in the growth processes under the sustainability paradigm, but also as a driving-force behind economy and they constitute places of connectivity and innovation. More than two thirds of the European population live in urban areas and this percentage is continuously growing. Therefore, cities are fundamental hubs of the transport system, since most journeys start or end within urban areas. The direct consequence is that many of the negative transport externalities, such as congestion, road accidents and pollution, have the greatest impacts in these contexts. The European Commission emphasized integrated planning at all mobility level to enhance new forms of sustainable urban mobility, in order to reduce externalities associated with transport sector. In this view, the aim of this paper is to analyze the European guidelines for the development and the implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) and the corresponding Italian guidelines for the preparation of so-called “Piani Urbani della Mobilità Sostenibile” (PUMS). A comparative evaluation is proposed to emphasize the new paradigm of sustainable transport planning and highlight critical evidence between the European legal tools and their transposition at national level, also in the light of their recent updates. The results of this analysis lay the basis for the critical assessment of best practices and the review of related SUMP, in order to identify the key elements to assist traffic planners and managers in their decision-making procedures for the identification of successful strategies and the implementation of effective actions towards sustainable mobility.

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How has Cagliari Changed Its Citizens in Smart Citizens? Exploring the Influence of ITS Technology on Urban Social Interactions

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

A Methodological Framework for Assessing Practicability of the Urban Space: The Survey on Conditions of Practicable Environments (SCOPE) Procedure Applied in the Case Study of Cagliari (Italy)

A Methodological Framework for Assessing Practicability of the Urban Space: The Survey on Conditions of Practicable Environments (SCOPE) Procedure Applied in the Case Study of Cagliari (Italy)

Accessibility Improvements and Place-Based Organization in the Island of Sardinia (Italy)

“Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans”: Key Concepts and a Critical Revision on SUMPs Guidelines

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