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Item Acoustic criteria to optimize the design of urban uses in a public square(European Acoustics Association, EAA, 2014) García, I.; Aspuru, I.; Santander, A.; Gutierrez, L.; Borkowski, Bartlomiej; ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CALIDAD Y CONFORT AMBIENTAL; Tecnalia Research & InnovationTecnalia is collaborating with the city of Bilbao to include acoustic comfort criteria in the decision making process on urban interventions. In this paper the results of this strategy in the design of the intervention in the Plaza Rekalde will be discussed. Tecnalia makes proposals to the City Council, to optimize the distribution of uses in the square in order to obtain the greatest acoustic comfort. Thus, a proposal of recommended uses is done for each zone. This approach is based on current levels of acoustic comfort that is analyzed with the Environmental Sound Experience Indicator (ESEI) and, also, considering the possible sound interaction between the proposed uses. In addition, sound challenges to be addressed in the intervention in the plaza will be identified and some practical ideas are proposed for their implementation. Thus, architects and municipal technicians can have this information as a variable that considers the overall citizen satisfaction regarding acoustic comfort with respect to public spaces. Tecnalia has created a brand, Comfort Urban Places (CUP) ® that serves to visualize the integration of environmental comfort criteria in the design of public urban places.Item Flows, drivers, services and functions and urban typologies: An integrated approach for the analysis of urban eco-systems(WITPress, 2008) Olazabal, M.; García, I.; García, G.; Abajo, B.; Herranz, K.; Alonso, A.; Feliú, E.; Izaola, B.; Aspuru, I.; Coloma, O. Santa; ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CALIDAD Y CONFORT AMBIENTAL; POWERTRAIN; Tecnalia Research & InnovationThe unplanned and non-environmentally integrated growth of cities in the last decades implies problems and challenges related to environmental impacts, life quality, social cohesion and economic capacities and competences. Considering this situation, an integrated management regarding the aforesaid aspects is demanded in urban areas. This requirement has already arisen from the European Commission within the Thematic Strategy on Urban Environment. Furthermore, in May 2007, the European Member States stated so in the Leipzig Charta. INCYDA EMAU is a project partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Environment which aims to provide an integrated methodology for the assessment of urban system patterns and capacity of response and action with two objectives, a) avoiding the alteration of the ecological, social and economical conditions of the city, and also b) improving them, throughout a process of building new economic and social habits, by means of an urban ecosystem approach. The project encompasses four phases: 1) Characterization and comprehension of urban ecosystems 2) Assessment and diagnosis 3) Identification of critical nodes and 4) Definition of strategic actions. The methodology is being tested as a pilot case from the very early stages of the project. This paper focuses on the characterization phase.