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Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesFigure 16: The image processing/LT interface and data exchange [12].5. CONCLUSIONThis cross-regional study that follows our previous work on Chinese cities [13] isan attempt to explore the general laws that govern energy flows in cities. Studyingmultiple cities at different periods of time, allows making a comprehensivecomparison and contrast of city morphology efficiency between regional culturesin the west (Paris, Berlin, London, Toulouse) and in the east (Shanghai, Beijing,Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong), between periods of time of the rapid growth(Shanghai and Beijing) and the steady growth (Paris, Berlin, London andToulouse).The proposed approach allows a quantified diagnosis of urban sustainability,useful for comparing the bioclimatic and energy efficiency of different urbanmorphologies, useful for design and planning, but also monitoring of the long termurban planning.6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTWe are indebted to Cambridge University and to the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology for their extremely stimulating research papers, which have been themain source for extending their parametric methodology to Asian cities.432