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Book PPP   Private Capital for Sustainable Infrastructure and Smart Cities

Download or read book PPP Private Capital for Sustainable Infrastructure and Smart Cities written by Anna Gervasoni and published by goWare & Guerini Next. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, fruit of the research activities of the Centre of Excellence on sustainable finance for infrastructure and smart cities (exsuf), set up in 2021 from the «Committee on Housing and Land Management» of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (unece) and from Liuc – Cattaneo University, aims to describe the state of the art in the regulations and principle features and definitions of sustainable finance and smart cities, analyzing the classical schemes of project financing and ppps and highlighting the present scenario in which public and private actors, and, in particular, private capital entities move. By means of a market analysis of ppps in Italy and thanks to requests coming from discussions with practitioners and sector experts, the text concludes by showing how classical ppps models have to evolve to guarantee flexibility and to promote constructive dialogue between public entities and the private sector with the goal of identifying new financial and design metrics and new ways of putting them into practice.

Book The Impact of Organizations

Download or read book The Impact of Organizations written by Cristiano Busco and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Impact of Organizations: Measurement, Management and Corporate Reporting contributes to the growing debate on the importance of measuring, managing, and reporting organizations’ impact in the interest of companies, stakeholders, and policymakers. Through theoretical analysis, data analysis, case studies, and collaboration with academics and practitioners in the field, this book offers a comprehensive view of the topics covered and is structured into three main parts: i) from sustainability to impact evaluation and management: a corporate perspective; ii) financial sector, sustainability integration and impact management; iii) impact management to innovate the public institutions. The topics covered in this book contribute to the existing debate on the need to provide companies with tools to measure and manage impact effectively and address the need from businesses and investors for a simplified corporate reporting landscape. As such, this book represents a useful guide for academics who are investigating this field, for companies and practitioners working on measuring, managing, and communicating impact, as well as students and graduates who would like to pursue a career in the field of sustainability and impact.

Book Il partenariato pubblico privato

Download or read book Il partenariato pubblico privato written by Leonardo Falduto and published by IPSOA. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un utile strumento per approfondire il partenariato pubblico privato nelle sue molteplici sfaccettature ed applicazioni, al fine di comprenderne pregi e limiti, opportunità e criticità nella convinzione di fondo che il perseguimento delle finalità delle pubbliche amministrazioni passa anche attraverso l’efficace collaborazione con soggetti privati. Attraverso il ricorso al partenariato pubblico privato – PPP - il soggetto pubblico acquisisce, infatti, risorse finanziarie, know-how e competenze, limitando le proprie condizioni di rischio e mettendo a disposizione di un soggetto privato, con procedure trasparenti, l’opportunità di concorrere allo svolgimento di un servizio di interesse pubblico nonché di realizzare investimenti pubblici infrastrutturali e di conseguirne un congruo margine di profitto. Il testo offre un quadro esaustivo delle disposizioni normative e dell’evoluzione giurisprudenziale intervenuta, anche legata all’elaborazione della magistratura contabile rispetto alle problematiche della contabilizzazione. La presenza di numerosi casi all’interno del volume - non limitati al contesto italiano ed europeo, ma estesi ad ulteriori ambiti che indubbiamente presentano specificità ed interesse, come gli Stati Uniti, il Canada e l’Australia - permette di trarre spunti, cogliere differenze, elaborare riflessioni utili per comprendere le diverse regolazioni operate, ma anche le condizioni in presenza delle quali lo strumento è efficacemente utilizzabile oppure le circostanze in presenza delle quali occorre ricercare strade diverse. Particolarmente accurata è la parte di natura economico-finanziaria legata agli indici e parametri per la valutazione della convenienza del progetto ed alla scelta dei tassi di attualizzazione, che costituiscono un aspetto realmente cruciale in funzione della notevole estensione dei flussi considerati nella fase di studio e di analisi.

Book Innovative Built Heritage Models

Download or read book Innovative Built Heritage Models written by Koenraad van Balen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several international and European institutions have given increasing importance to sustainable approaches to our existing building stock and the role of built heritage in this process. At the same time, preventive and planned conservation of built heritage has been increasingly recognised by researchers given its cost-effectiveness for owner-managers, effective long-term quality protection and environmental enhancement of structures, as well as its potential of activating heritage in the employment sector and empowering of local communities. ‘Innovative Built Heritage Models’ collects the lectures presented at the international conference on CHANGES (2017 Thematic Week, Leuven, Belgium, 6-8 February 2017). The aim of the conference was to provide an international overview of the existing strategies, processes and operational case studies that support the implementation of a preventive and planned conservation approach in the built heritage sector. The conference twins with the ‘CHANGES’ project, supported by the Joint Programming Initiative Heritage Plus programme. This publication meets the increasing demand for shared information to support the transition towards a more sustainable conservation process. The volume consists of three main parts: ‘The CHANGES paradigm’, ‘Preventive and planned conservation’ and ‘Case studies of Change’. The book reflects on CHANGES in a straightforward manner by providing research and case studies that serve as baseline records, guidance and essential literature for researchers and practitioners involved in the built heritage sector.

Book The Enhancement of the Italian Territory

Download or read book The Enhancement of the Italian Territory written by Antonio Invernale and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Changing Administrative Law of an EU Member State

Download or read book The Changing Administrative Law of an EU Member State written by Domenico Sorace and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the evolution of Italian administrative law in the context of the EU, describing its distinctive features and comparing it with other experiences across Europe. It provides a comprehensive overview of administrative law in Italy, focusing on the main changes occurred over the last few decades.Although the respective chapters generally pursue a legal approach, they also consider the influence of economic, social, cultural and technological factors on the evolution of public administration and administrative law.The book is divided into three parts. The first part addresses general issues (e.g. procedures and organization of public administrations, administrative justice). The second part focuses on more specific topics (e.g. public intervention in the economy, healthcare management, local government). In the third part, the evolution of Italian administrative law is discussed in a comparative perspective.

Book New Metropolitan Perspectives

Download or read book New Metropolitan Perspectives written by Francesco Calabrò and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 2873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas.

Book Computational Science and Its Applications     ICCSA 2019

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications ICCSA 2019 written by Sanjay Misra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six volumes LNCS 11619-11624 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019, held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in July 2019. The 64 full papers, 10 short papers and 259 workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected form numerous submissions. The 64 full papers are organized in the following five general tracks: computational methods, algorithms and scientific applications; high performance computing and networks; geometric modeling, graphics and visualization; advanced and emerging applications; and information systems and technologies. The 259 workshop papers were presented at 33 workshops in various areas of computational sciences, ranging from computational science technologies to specific areas of computational sciences, such as software engineering, security, artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies.

Book Public Private Partnerships and Concessions in the EU

Download or read book Public Private Partnerships and Concessions in the EU written by Piotr Bogdanowicz and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In view of the fact that public infrastructure, health and other services are being more consistently delivered through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and concessions; this timely book explores these complex contractual arrangements involving cooperation between public and private sectors. It considers that PPPs have become increasingly prevalent following the financial crisis and examines the applicable legal regimes that are still, to a large extent, unclear to many.

Book Computational Science and Its Applications     ICCSA 2021

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications ICCSA 2021 written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​The ten-volume set LNCS 12949 – 12958 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021, which was held in Cagliari, Italy, during September 13 – 16, 2021. The event was organized in a hybrid mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The 466 full and 18 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 1588 submissions. Part VI of the set includes the proceedings of the following workshops: ​International Workshop on Digital Transformation and Smart City (DIGISMART 2021); International Workshop on Econometrics and Multidimensional Evaluation in Urban Environment (EMEUE 2021); International Workshop on Transformational Urban Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities During and Post COVID Era (FURTHER2021); International Workshop on Geodesign in Decision Making: meta planning and collaborative design for sustainable and inclusive development (GDM 2021);11th International Workshop on Future Computing System Technologies and Applications (FiSTA 2021); International Workshop on Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (GEOG-AND-MOD 2021).

Book Le risorse POR e FAS destinate alla Sicilia

Download or read book Le risorse POR e FAS destinate alla Sicilia written by Aurelio Bruno and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book LA POLITICA DELLE ENTRATE NEGLI ENTI LOCALI

Download or read book LA POLITICA DELLE ENTRATE NEGLI ENTI LOCALI written by Maria Letizia Pittari and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Metropolitan Perspectives

Download or read book New Metropolitan Perspectives written by Carmelina Bevilacqua and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​This open access book presents the outcomes of the symposium “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES,” held at Mediterranea University, Reggio Calabria, Italy on May 26–28, 2020. Addressing the challenge of Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition, the book presents a multi-disciplinary debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools in connection with urban–rural area networks and metropolitan centers. The respective papers focus on six major tracks: Innovation dynamics, smart cities and ICT; Urban regeneration, community-led practices and PPP; Local development, inland and urban areas in territorial cohesion strategies; Mobility, accessibility and infrastructures; Heritage, landscape and identity;and Risk management,environment and energy. The book also includes a Special Section on Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. Given its scope, the book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in issues concerning metropolitan and marginal areas.

Book Public Private Partnerships

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sara Valaguzza
  • Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Release : 2020-01-31
  • ISBN : 1789903734
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Public Private Partnerships written by Sara Valaguzza and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book critically examines the phenomenon of public private partnerships through a global, theoretical, lens. It considers the reasons for merging private entities and public administration, as well as the processes and consequences of doing so. The benefits for the community as well as the radical changes in the principles and modalities of administrative activity are theorized and discussed.

Book Advances in Architecture  Engineering and Technology

Download or read book Advances in Architecture Engineering and Technology written by Haşim Altan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the latest studies regarding innovation in urban design and planning. It shares many tips and insights about sustainable solutions for the issues facing transport systems, innovative digital technologies, and ICT trends. The book touches upon the need to integrate the three fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology that have become indispensable. This is intended to respond to the increasing human needs and population growth in cities on one hand and to develop a holistic approach that helps overcome challenges to sustainability and environment management on the other hand. With the power of engineering in practice, problems of design and development once considered too complex to be dealt with other than empirically, intuitively, or by trial and error, are now becoming more solvable and applicable. This book offers strategies and solutions that enable designers to bring together knowledge in the fields of architecture, engineering, and technology to overcome challenges facing in modern times.

Book Fiscal Underpinnings for Sustainable Development in China

Download or read book Fiscal Underpinnings for Sustainable Development in China written by Ehtisham Ahmad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects high-quality papers on issues related to the rebalancing strategy in China, new clean cities as “hubs’’, liability management, and involving the private sector, including through PPPs, with specific examples from Guangdong. Guangdong has been at the forefront of economic reforms in China since the advent of the Responsibility System in the late 1970s, and its successes and challenges reflect those of China as a whole. The need for rebalancing towards a more inclusive and sustainable path is also critical in Guangdong, just as it is in China. Strengthening the fiscal underpinnings and the next stages of tax reforms are critical drivers to accomplishing the requisite structural changes.

Book The Albergo Diffuso Model

Download or read book The Albergo Diffuso Model written by Maurizio Droli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hospitality model called "Albergo Diffuso" (AD), or "scattered hotel," has been engneered by Mr Giancarlo Dall'Ara and described by The New York Times as a way of bringing life back to historic towns and rural hamlets by utilizing unused rooms for tourism. This "simple but genial" model devised in Italy in the mid-90's received an award from the UNDP for its sustainability, but despite the spread of AD's, no peer-reviewed books have previously been published in English focusing on this innovation. In this book, the author therefore begins by exploring the AD as a community-based hospitality model, examining both its pros and cons. He then considers conviviality, sense of security, and other factors that Hans Magnus Enzensberger referred to as luxuries of our time for urban dwellers. These represent the key pre-requisites a location must possess to be deemed suitable for this innovation. Next, investors and co-interested private, public and not-for-profit associations are provided with a structured framework to help them achieve a defensible competitive advantage by harnessing the economic potential of valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable (VRIN) resources. The final section assesses the AD as a business model, evaluating various aspects at the heart of any business plan.