Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Densification Strategies: The Kallithea District in Athens as a Pilot Case Study

Ferrante, Annarita; Fotopoulou, Anastasia; Mazzoli, Cecilia

doi:10.3390/su12229462

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“…5, Fig S10, Fig S13). To increase local acceptability and pursue an additional sustainability co-bene t, the added real estate value of densi cation can be used to nance retro ts of low e ciency older buildings (Ferrante et al, 2020).…”

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Urban form influences travel distances, car ownership, and mode choice: Evidence from 19 European cities

Javaid

Milojevic-Dupont

Nachtigall

et al. 2023

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Steady growth in global greenhouse gas emissions from transport is driven by growing demand for car travel. Cities hold large potential to reduce energy demand and emissions from mobility through encouraging shorter travel distances and sustainable travel modes. In European cities however, personal cars still dominate travel, facilitating continued growth of transport emissions and having negative implications for numerous other dimensions of sustainability. A growing body of research investigates linkages between urban form and mobility, mostly using aggregate data in multiple cities, or disaggregated data for individual cities. Here, we compare urban travel patterns and influences of urban form at spatially disaggregated scale across nineteen cities in four European countries using statistically advanced methods. We enrich travel survey data with metrics describing local urban form. We compare car ownership and travel patterns across cities and use supervised machine learning to explore influences of urban form and other features on mode choice, car ownership, and trip distances. Residential proximity to the city center is the greatest enabler of sustainable urban mobility. Future residential development should be concentrated near to urban centers. Overall city size is important, as occupants of small and medium-sized cities have higher car ownership and use than large cities, motivating increased attention on sustainable mobility transitions outside of large cities. We highlight targeted solutions to increase access to sustainable mobility for certain population groups, and for longer urban trips. Our results confirm that urban planning is a key instrument for increasing sustainability of land transport.

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Urban form influences travel distances, car ownership, and mode choice: Evidence from 19 European cities

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Milojevic-Dupont

Nachtigall

et al. 2023

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“…The multidisciplinary character of sustainability follows the principles of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 [15]. This includes not only environmental protection but also economic development and social welfare: environmental quality cannot be independent of people's well-being [16]. This is why 17 goals were defined in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [17], 11 of which aim to 'make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable', criteria that were considered as a basis for the research project.…”

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Urban Regeneration and Soft Mobility: The Case Study of the Rimini Canal Port in Italy

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The increasing need to reduce emissions and the environmental impact of urban areas to meet European decarbonisation goals motivates the selection of the Rimini Canal Port as a case study within the FRAMESPORT project, part of the European Interreg Italy–Croatia programme. A preliminary historical–documental and urban regulations analysis of the context allowed the identification of the main criticalities and potentials through a SWOT analysis. The central role of the stakeholders enabled the creation of a successful participatory co-design process developed through online surveys. Critical issues that emerged during the data collection phase were prioritised through a BOCR model, a powerful multi-criteria analysis tool. The project phase then focused on the resolution of the two main critical issues that emerged: the improvement of cycle/pedestrian paths, and the raising of the flooding docks in the Canal Port area. This article intends to demonstrate the strong influence of soft mobility in urban regeneration projects, and how an improvement of the quality of cycle/pedestrian paths can increase the quality of urban spaces. The new paths create a green infrastructure that contributes to a reduction in pollutant emissions through the promotion of sustainable mobility systems and an increase in green urban spaces.

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“…A review of the main actions of the European Union towards the development of the nearly zero energy building was presented in [6]. Since 2018, the Positive Energy District concept (PED) has been introduced to the discussion about the energy transition of the building stock, acknowledging that districts can play a major role in this transition, as they tackle a larger scale of projects, Sustainability 2021, 13, 710 2 of 19 allowing for local customization and easier engagement of communities in the process [7][8][9]. PEDs and Positive Energy Neighborhoods (PENs) are now seen as strategic keys for decarbonizing the built environment in Europe [2], according to the recently published Renovation Wave Strategy.…”

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How to Achieve Positive Energy Districts for Sustainable Cities: A Proposed Calculation Methodology

Moreno¹,

Vélez²,

Alpagut³

et al. 2021

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In this paper, a methodology for calculating the energy balance at the district level and energy performance of those districts aspiring to become a Positive Energy District (PED) is proposed. PEDs are understood as districts that achieve a positive energy balance on an annual basis by means of exporting more energy than is consumed within their limits. The main issue to standardize the concept, besides which characteristics should be considered, is that current standards to calculate an energy balance are not applied at the district level. This paper reviews the current standards and adapts them to propose an energy balance calculation methodology. Calculation of an energy balance at the district level is complex since it includes several parameters, such as which loads (or elements) should be included, which renewable energy technologies should be considered on-site production, and which primary energy factors should be used. The proposed methodology is thought to help cities at the design stage of a district and to evaluate its annual energy balance. The methodology is performed in eight steps, and all the needed assumptions that affect the calculation of the annual energy balance are discussed in each step.

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Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Densification Strategies: The Kallithea District in Athens as a Pilot Case Study

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Urban form influences travel distances, car ownership, and mode choice: Evidence from 19 European cities

Urban form influences travel distances, car ownership, and mode choice: Evidence from 19 European cities

Urban Regeneration and Soft Mobility: The Case Study of the Rimini Canal Port in Italy

How to Achieve Positive Energy Districts for Sustainable Cities: A Proposed Calculation Methodology

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