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Maria Gracia Riera Perez

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Estimated reduction of energy consumption related to mobility in urban renewal projects

Emmanuel Rey, Maria Gracia Riera Perez

The urban sprawl that characterizes most European cities relies highly on the use of private motor vehicle. As a result, there is a prominent increase in the energy consumption of the built environment. Therefore, the densification of existing urban areas ...

2013

Méthodologie multicritère d'aide à la décision pour le renouvellement urbain à l'échelle du quartier

Maria Gracia Riera Perez

The present work develops a new methodology for assessing urban renewal scenarios at the neighborhood scale. Entitled URBIUS, this methodology seeks to meet the needs of municipalities in terms of planning for the development of their urban built fabric. I ...

EPFL2016

Fostering sustainable urban renewal at the neighborhood scale with a spatial decision support system

Emmanuel Rey, Martine Laprise, Maria Gracia Riera Perez

Sustainable urban densification is one of the main challenges of European post-industrial cities. In Switzerland, a recent adaptation of the federal law on spatial planning reinforces the limitation of urban sprawl. Hence, public authorities are confronted ...

2018

URBIUS : a method for assessing the sustainability of urban renewal strategies at neighborhood scale

Emmanuel Rey, Maria Gracia Riera Perez

This paper presents the URBIUS method, developed to assess the sustainability of urban renewal strategies at neighbourhood scale. The conceptual framework of URBIUS gathers the main issues of urban sustainability, including social, economic and environment ...

2015

Comparative multi-criteria assessment of urban renewal scenarios for existing neighborhoods

Emmanuel Rey, Maria Gracia Riera Perez

The growth of European cities in recent decades, mainly characterized by a decreasing density and a functional segregation, has tendentially increased mobility, soil consumption, urban sprawl, social disparities and infrastructural costs. Hence, most Europ ...

2012