Ricerc@Sapienza

A lo largo del siglo XX el estado del bienestar ha sido el motor de desarrollo que ha permitido alcanzar un alto nivel de bienestar, favoreciendo un mayor volumen de consumo y el aumento de la productividad. La transformación estructural, que a partir de los años ochenta se convierte en una de las señas de identidad del mundo capitalista occidental, pone en crisis su rol al que se le consideraba como un freno a la competitividad.

The Third ISUFITALY International Congress (ISUF Italy 2017) was held in Rome from February 23rd to February 24th and will host 75 participants, more than 40 coming from foreign countries and the others from the Italian Schools of architecture.

The understanding of the global performance of a historical city is a complex balance
of several specific issues and requires a multi-disciplinary approach to face with actual urban
phenomena and challenges, such as the seismic risk and energy efficiency, that are strongly
influenced by urban form. This paper focuses on the potential of urban metrics and typological
indicators for describing the seismic vulnerability and the solar radiation availability of distinct