Decision Support Systems for Evaluating Urban Regeneration

Abstract

The present article focuses on Decision Support Systems in the context of urban planning and regeneration processes. In particular, the article presents different typologies of decision problems that can arise in urban regeneration and discusses the possible answers given by evaluation tools. The dissertation is based on the presentation of real world applications, including the selection among different alternative urban scenarios, the assessment of the financial feasibility of an urban infrastructure and the definition of a multidimensional evaluation tool of health and hygiene performances of urban planning.