... Work Package 2 "Smart City Profiles" is coming slowly but surely
to completion.
The main objective of this Work Package is to profile the six PLEEC partner cities - Eskilstuna, Stoke-on-Trent,
Tartu, Jyväskylä, Santiago de Compostela and Turku - with respect to the main characteristics of a "Smart City" having a special consideration of their energy efficiency and use.
At the PLEEC homepage (www.pleecproject.eu) the reports from Deliverables 2.1 and Deliverables 2.2 can already be
downloaded.
Deliverable 2.1 represents „Smart City Profiles“ which describe the
performance of the six participating PLEEC cities according to their ability
to deal with changing global trends as demographic change or economic
transformation. They reveal the specific strengths and weaknesses of the cities
and their potentials for challenging other cities in an increasing competitive
situation.
Deliverable 2.2 represents the “Typology of cities” analyzing cities´
performances on certain key aspects in a European perspective and in comparison. The typology allows for benchmarking and an easy identification of comparable
cities in the European context.
Deliverable 2.3 (“Energy smart city profiles of partner cities”) and 2.4
(“Methodology for monitoring”) will follow soon.
Leader of this Work Package is the Vienna University of Technology who
has done a great job – thanks for all the efforts!
Read here more about this PLEEC Project partner:
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The Centre of Regional Science is part of the Department of Spatial
Planning Vienna, which is assigned to the Faculty of Architecture and Planning
in Vienna University of Technology (VUT). In teaching and research the centre
focuses on the analysis of urban and regional structures, developments and
processes. In this scientific field the main challenge consists in revealing
causal relations behind economic, social and spatial processes in different
cities and regions. This systemic approach is a solid base for creating
strategies and instruments on the one hand and for assessing the effects of
projected measures on the other. Thus, research in the Centre of Regional
Science is not exclusively geared to scientific goals, but also to its applicability
to policy makers, planning institutions, investors or other stakeholders.
The Centre is embedded in various international scientific networks and
co-operates with different universities, firms, planning departments and public
authorities. Both research and teaching activities stand in the scientific
tradition of Regional Science and Human Geography. Recent research activities
concentrate on questions of city development on the local level and on the issue of city competition
and the position of city regions in the international urban system. Both fields
of research aim at revealing specific strengths and weaknesses of cities,
disclosing spatial
concentration and specialisation processes and explaining the driving forces of urban and
regional spatial development.
With this expertise Vienna University of Technology has done a great gob in analyzing and profiling our six PLEEC partner cities with regards to their "smartness" and energy efficiency.
Best thanks to this PLEEC project partner for the fruitful cooperation!
