LCM at the Urban Scale: BIM and Nature Based Solutions

Abstract

Access to data on built environment databases makes nowadays possible generating models of the urban spaces to facilitate visualization and analysis of information and synthesize it in sustainability indicators to support urban planning decisions. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can greatly benefit from this wealth of potentially available information. The use of LCA data in models developed in Building Information Modelling (BIM) platforms is likely to facilitate the implementation of quantitative environmental assessment in the construction field and their extension, from the building to the city level. Within sustainable urban planning and management, also Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) play a potentially important role, although benefits, co-benefits and costs associated with NBS projects still remain not sufficiently understood. All those aspects have been discussed via the presentation of case studies, proofs of concept and experts' visions within this session.

Transformation tools enabling the implementation of nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city

“…As already highlighted by some works (e.g. Onat et al 2017;Marvuglia et al 2018;Beaussier et al 2019), when combined with LCA tools, such as system dynamics, agent-based modelling, etc., can allow to capture the multifaceted features of those systems, bringing to more comprehensive studies of the urban metabolism as a showcase to establish circular city models.…”