Quality of Life in Urban Landscapes: In Search of a Decision Support System

Part I - Quality of the Landscape, Quality of Life, Urban Sustainability. Chapter 1. State of the art on the search for sustainability and quality of life in cities.- Chapter 2. The landscape as a "complex indicator" of urban sustainability and quality of life of city inhabitants.- Chapter 3. Use of decision-support systems in defining scenarios for sustainable, shared urban development.- Part II - Urban Policies and Quality of Life. Chapter 4. Urban policies for urban sustainability and quality of life of the city.- Chapter 5. Selection of indicators of urban sustainability and quality of life of city inhabitants.- Chapter 6. Contributions.- Part III - A Decision-Support System. Chapter 7. The DSS and its possible applications.- Chapter 8. For a new urban governance.- Chapter 9. Communication and dissemination of the model.- Part IV - Application to the Adriatic City. Chapter 10. The ideal Adriadic city.- Chapter 11. Application of the Tool and initial results.- Chapter 12. Criteria for activating the Forum to interpret and assess the landscape and the quality of life.- Chapter 13. Criteria for building the possible development scenarios presented to policymakers.- Part V - New research frontiers.