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Handbook E5 – LUDA Assessment Decision Support System

INTRODUCTION
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Handbook E5 is different from the other handbooks in the compendium. It is not a single document but several web pages interlinked between each other and linked with other documents comprising the compendium. The most important part of the handbook is LUDA Assessment Decision Support System.

What is LUDA Assessment Decision Support System?

The LUDA Assessment Decision Support System is a database of the assessment methods and techniques that have been recognised in the LUDA project as the most applicable to the process of sustainable urban regeneration (see Handbook E2).

Assessment methods and techniques help to collect and analyse various types of data, and, therefore, provide evidence base for the strategic, well thought out planning that should precede the implementation of any regeneration initiatives. 

These assessment methods and techniques support the decision-making throughout the LUDA Regeneration Process (see Handbook E4), which represents a generalisation and simplification of the planning process in the sustainable urban regeneration in the majority of EU countries. This process and the use of particular assessment methods and techniques are illustrated by case studies in Handbook E6.

 

What is the aim of the LUDA Assessment Decision Support System?
The aim of the database is to provide the users with the selection of useful methods, techniques and procedures that can inform the decision making process and make it more sustainable. The database can be searched using several criteria to present the user with a list of methods and techniques the most applicable to their situation, and their short descriptions.
Who is the LUDA Assessment Decision Support System for?
LUDA Assessment Decision Support System is designed for urban practitioners, local authorities, regeneration professionals and other organisations and individuals involved in the sustainable regeneration of large urban distressed areas. However, it is also intended as an open resource for anyone interested in urban regeneration and its assessment.

What can be found in Handbook E5?

Handbook E5 helps to answer the following questions:

What issues need to be taken into consideration during the process of sustainable urban regeneration? 
LUDA Regeneration Process Framework presents the five main dimensions of sustainable urban regeneration that also form the structure of the assessment methods database.

What methods and techniques are the most suitable to specific distress situation?
To use the searchable database of the assessment methods and techniques go to Select method.

How to carry out the LUDA Regeneration Process to make the urban regeneration more sustainable?
Good advice for every task of LUDA Regeneration Process can be found in the Protocol.

What are the most useful sources of information about sustainable urban regeneration and assessment in sustainable urban regeneration?
To learn about sources of additional information go to Further reading.


LUDA is a research project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission.
  
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