Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 16/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to provide students with a multidisciplinary and proactive vision capable of focusing attention on the effective implementation of sustainable policies and awareness of current challenges concerning the urban field through targeted planning and design activities.
The inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable components of SDG 11 will constitute the main course’s focus and will be specified by introducing and explaining additional subtopics. The fundamental relation between local government’s decision models and communities’ initiatives will be described to highlight the current necessity for empowerment and participation. One valid example of this relationship will be proposed through the description of the so-called energy-island communities where both private people and organizations can cooperate in order to improve the local energy infrastructure. In addition to this, the concept of Healthy City will be introduced, as well, to define strong connections with health as an essential precondition to make cities sustainable.
Students will have the chance to deepen:
1. The main features of SDG 11: “the first stand-alone urban goal”;
2. The relationship between sustainable objectives, strategies, policies, and their implementation phases (including organizational, juridical, technical and sometimes psychological aspects);
3. Methodologies and tools useful to describe cities’ complexity;
4. The role of governments and communities related to different kinds of organizational structures (Energy islands and Healthy City).
The inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable components of SDG 11 will constitute the main course’s focus and will be specified by introducing and explaining additional subtopics. The fundamental relation between local government’s decision models and communities’ initiatives will be described to highlight the current necessity for empowerment and participation. One valid example of this relationship will be proposed through the description of the so-called energy-island communities where both private people and organizations can cooperate in order to improve the local energy infrastructure. In addition to this, the concept of Healthy City will be introduced, as well, to define strong connections with health as an essential precondition to make cities sustainable.
Students will have the chance to deepen:
1. The main features of SDG 11: “the first stand-alone urban goal”;
2. The relationship between sustainable objectives, strategies, policies, and their implementation phases (including organizational, juridical, technical and sometimes psychological aspects);
3. Methodologies and tools useful to describe cities’ complexity;
4. The role of governments and communities related to different kinds of organizational structures (Energy islands and Healthy City).
Course Prerequisites
No particular prerequisites are required to attend the course. However, a certain interest is hoped for in the general themes of urban planning, urban health, and sustainability.
Teaching Methods
Online lessons, discussion of case studies.
Assessment Methods
Multiple-choice questionnaire (result expressed as passed/not passed).
Texts
Slides provided during the lessons.
Some useful references:
Caglioni, M., & Rabino, G. (2006). La costruzione di un’ontologia urbana condivisa e riutilizzabile. In Impresa, mercato, lealtà territoriale. AISRe, Pisa, Italy.
Cielo, A., Margiaria, P., Lazzeroni, P., Mariuzzo, I., Repetto, M. (2021). Renewable energy communities business models under the 2020 Italian regulation. J. Clean. Prod., 316, 128217.
de Leeuw, E. (2013). Evaluating WHO Healthy Cities in Europe: issues and perspectives. Journal of Urban Health, 90(1), 14-22. doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9767-6
De Lotto, R.; Micciché, C.; Venco, E.M.; Bonaiti, A.; De Napoli, R. Energy Communities: Technical,
Legislative, Organizational, and Planning Features. Energies 2022, 15, 1731. https://doi.org/10.3390/
en15051731
Duhl, L. (1986). The healthy city: Its function and its future. Health Promo. Int., 1(1), 55-60. doi: 10.1093/heapro/1.1.55
European Commissions. Nature-Based Solutions. https://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index.cfm?pg=nbs
European Union (2015). Nature-Based Solutions & Re-Naturing Cities, Towards an EU Research and Innovation policy agenda for Final Report of the Horizon 2020. ISBN 978-92-79-46051-7
Galea, S., & Vlahov, D. (2005). Urban Health. In S. Galea, D. Vlahov (Eds.), Handbook of urban health: Populations, methods, and practice (pp. 1-15). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Guarino, N., Oberle, D., & Staab, S. (2009). What Is Ontology? In S. Staab & Rudi Studer (Eds.), Handbook on Ontologies. International Handbooks on Information Systems (pp. 1-17). Berlino, Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3
Kenzer, M. (1999). Healthy cities: a guide to the literature. Environ. Urban., 11, 201-20.
Moroni, S., Alberti, V., Antoniucci, V., Bisello, A. (2018). Energy communities in a distributed-energy scenario: Four different kinds of community arrangements. In Bisello, A., Vettorato, D., Laconte, P., Costa, S. (Eds) Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (pp. 429–437). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
OMS Ufficio Regionale per l’Europa (1992). Twenty Steps for Developing A Healthy City Project. Copenhagen: WHO.
OMS (2021). WHO Healthy Cities Network. Disponibile online: https://www.who.int/health-topics/urban---health/cities-spotlight/who-healthy-cities-network
ONU Assemblea Generale (2015). Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development A/RES/70/1. New York: United Nations.
ONU (2017). New Urban Agenda. Disponibile online: https://habitat3.org/the-new-urban-agenda/
Pietra, C., De Lotto, R., & Bahshwan, R. (2021). Approaching Healthy City Ontology: First-Level Classes Definition Using BFO. Sustainability, 13, 13844. doi: 10.3390/su132413844
Reis, I.F., Gonçalves, I., Lopes, M.A., Antunes, C.H. (2021). Assessing the influence of different goals in energy communities’ self sufficiency. An optimised multiagent approach. Energies, 14, 989.
Tsouros, A.D. (1991). World Health Organization Healthy Cities Project: A Project Becomes a Movement: Review of Progress 1987 to 1990. Milano: Sogess.
Yangang, X., Phil, J., Iain, D. (2017). Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment. Sustainability, 9, 149. doi:10.3390/su9010149.
Some useful references:
Caglioni, M., & Rabino, G. (2006). La costruzione di un’ontologia urbana condivisa e riutilizzabile. In Impresa, mercato, lealtà territoriale. AISRe, Pisa, Italy.
Cielo, A., Margiaria, P., Lazzeroni, P., Mariuzzo, I., Repetto, M. (2021). Renewable energy communities business models under the 2020 Italian regulation. J. Clean. Prod., 316, 128217.
de Leeuw, E. (2013). Evaluating WHO Healthy Cities in Europe: issues and perspectives. Journal of Urban Health, 90(1), 14-22. doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9767-6
De Lotto, R.; Micciché, C.; Venco, E.M.; Bonaiti, A.; De Napoli, R. Energy Communities: Technical,
Legislative, Organizational, and Planning Features. Energies 2022, 15, 1731. https://doi.org/10.3390/
en15051731
Duhl, L. (1986). The healthy city: Its function and its future. Health Promo. Int., 1(1), 55-60. doi: 10.1093/heapro/1.1.55
European Commissions. Nature-Based Solutions. https://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index.cfm?pg=nbs
European Union (2015). Nature-Based Solutions & Re-Naturing Cities, Towards an EU Research and Innovation policy agenda for Final Report of the Horizon 2020. ISBN 978-92-79-46051-7
Galea, S., & Vlahov, D. (2005). Urban Health. In S. Galea, D. Vlahov (Eds.), Handbook of urban health: Populations, methods, and practice (pp. 1-15). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Guarino, N., Oberle, D., & Staab, S. (2009). What Is Ontology? In S. Staab & Rudi Studer (Eds.), Handbook on Ontologies. International Handbooks on Information Systems (pp. 1-17). Berlino, Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3
Kenzer, M. (1999). Healthy cities: a guide to the literature. Environ. Urban., 11, 201-20.
Moroni, S., Alberti, V., Antoniucci, V., Bisello, A. (2018). Energy communities in a distributed-energy scenario: Four different kinds of community arrangements. In Bisello, A., Vettorato, D., Laconte, P., Costa, S. (Eds) Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (pp. 429–437). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
OMS Ufficio Regionale per l’Europa (1992). Twenty Steps for Developing A Healthy City Project. Copenhagen: WHO.
OMS (2021). WHO Healthy Cities Network. Disponibile online: https://www.who.int/health-topics/urban---health/cities-spotlight/who-healthy-cities-network
ONU Assemblea Generale (2015). Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development A/RES/70/1. New York: United Nations.
ONU (2017). New Urban Agenda. Disponibile online: https://habitat3.org/the-new-urban-agenda/
Pietra, C., De Lotto, R., & Bahshwan, R. (2021). Approaching Healthy City Ontology: First-Level Classes Definition Using BFO. Sustainability, 13, 13844. doi: 10.3390/su132413844
Reis, I.F., Gonçalves, I., Lopes, M.A., Antunes, C.H. (2021). Assessing the influence of different goals in energy communities’ self sufficiency. An optimised multiagent approach. Energies, 14, 989.
Tsouros, A.D. (1991). World Health Organization Healthy Cities Project: A Project Becomes a Movement: Review of Progress 1987 to 1990. Milano: Sogess.
Yangang, X., Phil, J., Iain, D. (2017). Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment. Sustainability, 9, 149. doi:10.3390/su9010149.
Contents
The course will have a total duration of 16 hours, the following is the subdivision by macro-themes (with relative total hours for each macro-theme) which will be developed during the classes:
1. Goal 11 and best practices - 2 hours, Caterina Pietra
14 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
2. Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in urban and architectural practice - 2 hours, Caterina Pietra
15 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
3. Sustainable Energy Communities - 2 hours, Elisabetta Venco
21 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
4. Founding principles and aims of the Healthy City - 2 hours, Caterina Pietra
25 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
5. Organizational structure of the Healthy City - 4 hours, Caterina Pietra
28 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 a.m.
29 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 a.m.
6. Healthy City ontology - 4 hours, Caterina Pietra, Caterina Pietra
04 November 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
05 November 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
1. Goal 11 and best practices - 2 hours, Caterina Pietra
14 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
2. Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in urban and architectural practice - 2 hours, Caterina Pietra
15 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
3. Sustainable Energy Communities - 2 hours, Elisabetta Venco
21 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
4. Founding principles and aims of the Healthy City - 2 hours, Caterina Pietra
25 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
5. Organizational structure of the Healthy City - 4 hours, Caterina Pietra
28 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 a.m.
29 October 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 a.m.
6. Healthy City ontology - 4 hours, Caterina Pietra, Caterina Pietra
04 November 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
05 November 2024 | h. 14:00 – 16:00 p.m.
Course Language
English
More information
Students interested in asking short questions can do so at the end of the lessons, while for more specific questions it will be convenient to arrange an appointment in person or online by sending an email to the following address caterina.pietra@unipv.it.
Degrees
Degrees
INGEGNERIA EDILE-ARCHITETTURA
Single-cycle Master’s Degree
5 years
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