Renewed theoretical frameworks for planning, permanent monitoring and quantitative indicators based on official statistics, geographic information systems and remote sensing allow an inclusive and holistic representation of socioeconomic systems worldwide. By specifically focusing on metropolitan regions, this book offers a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of socioeconomic and territorial processes hampering spatial planning in Southern Europe, offering a theoretical and practical overview of topics and problems of great interest in the urban debate. Cities in the most advanced...

Several disciplines intended to support policymaking have emerged in economics, statistics, geography, and sociology, taking advantage of data digitization, big data, advances in national accounts, and econometric and statistical approaches and techniques. Sustainability research at the local scale is becoming a primary objective in the integration and corroboration of available information. This book links quantitative analyses of sustainable development paths with a narrative approach, identifying and commenting on the strengths and weaknesses of the recent literature for planning...