Spatial multicriteria impact assessment tools for public and private contexts

The transition towards sustainable and smart cities requires extensive improvement of multidisciplinary performances. However, the design of alternative scenarios is a complex issue which involves a large number of indicators and multiple stakeholders. In this regard, the use of appropriate assessment tools and decision-making models for addressing this issue are needed. Besides the public administration context where the assessing impact becomes increasingly important, private companies are also looking for objective and comparable tools that evaluate the added value of their work. This study aims at illustrating both the methodology used and the results achieved related to two research studies with a specific focus on the definition of policies and decision-making models to guide future transformations in the city, developing a sustainable and smart paths. The first reaserch activity regards an Interreg Europe Programme, which aimed at developing a new city-building approach taking into account the quality of life and energy efficiency. The second project illustrates the development of an ad-hoc interactive impact assessment tool, which is created for innovative Real Estate projects in smart cities. The study reports the method followed and the results obtained, highlighting the advantage of the interactive aspect of the tool both in the internal comparison phase and in the external comparison phase.