Zusammenfassung:
<jats:p>Rome and S&atilde;o Paulo share many cultural similarities, there are in S&atilde;o Paulo metropolitan area (M.A.) 6 million people from Italian descendancy, being the Italian population in S&atilde;o Paulo M.A. bigger than Rome&rsquo;s. This study develops a sustainability assessment (S.A.) to obtain a comprehensive framework to assess the sustainability performance of both cities, compare them and propose a solution. Five metrics on which based the S.A. were chosen according to the results of a survey with S&atilde;o Paulo and Rome residents. 

To validate the effectiveness of these indicators two focus groups were conducted, then the indicators were valued, and a Sustainability Solution Space was applied to identify their interactions. A Multi-Criteria Analysis was carried out to assess which of the cities has currently the highest performance in terms of sustainability. Rome had a higher sustainability ranking than Sao Paulo, nevertheless both cities should improve corruption scores to improve their ranking.</jats:p>
Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Rome and S&atilde;o Paulo share many cultural similarities, there are in S&atilde;o Paulo metropolitan area (M.A.) 6 million people from Italian descendancy, being the Italian population in S&atilde;o Paulo M.A. bigger than Rome&rsquo;s. This study develops a sustainability assessment (S.A.) to obtain a comprehensive framework to assess the sustainability performance of both cities, compare them and propose a solution. Five metrics on which based the S.A. were chosen according to the results of a survey with S&atilde;o Paulo and Rome residents. 

To validate the effectiveness of these indicators two focus groups were conducted, then the indicators were valued, and a Sustainability Solution Space was applied to identify their interactions. A Multi-Criteria Analysis was carried out to assess which of the cities has currently the highest performance in terms of sustainability. Rome had a higher sustainability ranking than Sao Paulo, nevertheless both cities should improve corruption scores to improve their ranking.</jats:p>