Research Activities
The main activities that the S3+Lab intends to achieve are:
- measure, through quantitative methods, the quality of life and its perception by the citizens from the perspective of the “post- carbon” society;
- monitor the effects (in terms of environmental quality, the landscape and the social and economic aspects…) of the present, existing plans and future projects;
- direct the processes of territorial planning and design towards socio- ecological models characterised by sustainability and resilience;
- assess the resilience and security of the environment, the landscape and the city (and its specific fields) both “ex ante”, “in itinere” and “ex post” taking into account the plans and projects and an efficient use of the resources. This assessment will also take into account sustainable urban management, the quality of the landscape and the architecture, the use of innovative energy solutions, the integration of transport systems, the management of waste and the awareness and participation of citizens;
- support the processes of planning and design of the territory, landscape and the city from the institutional, social and economic points of view, also with mathematical and predictive models;
- develop a qualitative analysis and computational phenomena related to the above topics through deterministic and stochastic models, also through their numerical and statistic implementation;
- support the research and application of new technologies to improve the security of citizens (concerning health , food, etc. ), infrastructures and services (communications, transport, etc.), also in the case of natural events and disasters.