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SUMMARY:Special GreenBRIDGE Seminar - Key-requirements for Evaluating Smar
 t and Sustainable  Development in Cities and Communities - Dr Patrizia Lom
 bardi - Politecnico di Torino\, DIST – Interuniversity Department of Reg
 ional and Urban Studies and Planning
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CONTACT:Aaron Gillich
DESCRIPTION:(ATTENTION: CHANGE OF TIME FOR THE KEY-NOTE SPEAKER!)\n\n\nThe
  most difficult challenge facing policymakers is deciding the future direc
 tions of society and the economy in the face of conflicting demands of sho
 rt-term political favour\, economic development\, social progress\, and en
 vironmental sustainability. Wrong decisions can lead to critical consequen
 ces\, increase human suffering\, and precipitate current environmental and
  economic crises. Improving the basis for sound decision-making is\, there
 fore\, a high priority. \n\nThe question of long-term strategies for susta
 inable urban development is also highlighted in the recent “Smart cities
 ” debate in order to facilitate social innovation and maximize the impac
 t of the efforts undertaken.  The European Commission refers to the term a
 s “systemic approaches and organisational innovation\, encompassing ener
 gy efficiency\, low carbon technologies and the smart management of supply
  and demand”\, but how can a city or a region develop and measure these 
 actions and how can they be transferred across the EU and beyond?\n\nThe r
 equirement to evaluate whether a development is sustainable was already re
 cognized in Agenda 21\, which observed that “indicators of sustainable d
 evelopment need to be developed to provide solid bases for decision-making
  at all levels”. As a result\, the last twenty years have seen an overab
 undance of measures\, indicators and evaluations which attempt to make som
 e assessment of what is happening to our planet and the actions of human b
 eings upon it. However\, the development of indicators has resulted in con
 siderable complexity\, which has made it difficult to derive suitable asse
 ssment criteria. \nThis talk provides an introduction to this important to
 pic and suggests a way forward to a coherent structure\, together with tec
 hniques which will enable progress to be assessed. The approach is introdu
 ced using illustrations and case studies\, together with follow-up referen
 ces. \n\nBIO \n\nPatrizia Lombardi (BA/MA\, MSc\, PhD at Salford Univ.) is
  Professor of Economic and Planning Evaluation and Head of the Interuniver
 sity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning of the Politecn
 ico di Torino. \nShe is Scientific Director of the UNESCO Master “World 
 Heritage at Work” at the International Training Center of the Internatio
 nal Labor Organization and member of the Scientific Board of the CSI-Conso
 rtium for Information Systems of the Piemonte Region. She is member of the
  G8 University Council and of several International Scientific Committees 
 on smart cities\, e-governance and cultural heritage.\n\nShe is an establi
 shed figure in the field of evaluating sustainable development for over 20
  years. Her last publication in the field is the book “Evaluating Sustai
 nable development in the Built Environment (Wiley\, 2011\, second edition\
 , with P. Brandon). \n
LOCATION:CRASSH\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DP
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