Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
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The Integration and Sharing
of Resources for a New Quality
of Living
Raffaella Riva Sanseverino and Salvatore Orlando
Abstract
In this chapter, the issues of sharing of information and of information
technologies use are dealt with from the juridical point of view, through a
discussion about some general problems characterizing the relevant juridical
debate. Then the urban forms and functions of the smart city are presented.
Information technology can interact with the operational problems of the city
and the use of environmental resources (energy, soil, water) is the leading
parameter with which the urban and building transformations must be carried
out. In this chapter, the complex issue of how to share the urban spaces and
functions and to what extent such sharing influences the energy consumption is
dealt with.
