Objective "Like any living system, urban communities consume material and energy inputs, process them into usable forms, and eliminate the wastes from the process. This can be seen as ""metabolism"" of industry, commerce, municipal operations, and households. Understanding the pattern of these energy and material flows through a community's economy provides a systemic reading of the present situation for goal and objective setting and development of indicators for sustainability. At present, planning policies often reflect the logic of the market. They would better reflect a vision of urban development, in which environmental and social considerations are fully embedded in spatial planning policies at all steps of the policy cycle from problem identification and policy design through to the implementation and ex-post evaluation stages. Therefore, the widespread inclusion of sustainability objectives in urban planning at all scales (from regional to site level) is necessary, providing the opportunity for the incorporation of bio-physical sciences knowledge into the planning process on a routine basis. To this end, the proposed project BRIDGE (sustainaBle uRban plannIng Decision support accountinG for urban mEtabolism) aims at bridging the gap between bio-physical sciences and urban planners and to illustrate the advantages of accounting for environmental issues on a routine basis in design decisions. BRIDGE will provide the means to quantitative estimate the various components of the urban metabolism (observation of physical flows and modelling), the means for quantitative estimate their impacts (socio-economic and environmental impact assessments and indicators), as well as the means for resource optimisation in urban fabric (support the decision making in urban planning). BRIDGE will focus on the interrelation between energy and material flows and urban structure." Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Keywords Decision Support Systems Innovative urban planning strategies energy and material flow measurements environmental and socio-economicimpact assessments numerical modeling Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2007.2.1.5.1. - Urban metabolism and resource optimisation in the urban fabric Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Address N plastira str 100 70013 Irakleio Greece See on map Region Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Nektarios Chrysoulakis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 380 150,00 Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 379 810,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paul Labbett (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 264 595,00 Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Massimo Menenti (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSTYTUT EKOLOGII TERENOW UPRZEMYSLOWIONYCH Poland EU contribution € 150 070,00 Address Ulica kossutha 6 40 844 Katowice See on map Region Makroregion południowy Śląskie Katowicki Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jan Skowronek (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in 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Vogt (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution € 169 200,00 Address College green trinity college D02 CX56 Dublin 2 See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Deirdre Savage (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution € 163 530,00 Address Yliopistonkatu 3 00014 Helsingin yliopisto See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Satu Väisänen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON Greece EU contribution € 234 090,00 Address 6 christou lada str 10561 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maria Chatzara (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI Italy EU contribution € 279 000,00 Address Via marco biagi 5 73100 Lecce See on map Region Sud Puglia Lecce Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Donatella Spano (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window METEO-FRANCE France EU contribution € 100 260,00 Address Avenue de paris 73 94165 Saint mande cedex See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Val-de-Marne Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Frédéric Avril (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution € 195 050,00 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Eddy Moors (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution € 106 572,00 Address Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Richard Trowbridge (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
