The concept of a new city-river balance involves a transition from current practices to resilient practices. The proposed analysis framework consists of 6 components, each one declined in 3 dimensions referring as much to spatial scales as to specific impacts.
This system of quantitative and qualitative dimensions allows a multi-criteria comparison of city-river balance scenarios through sustainable fluvio-neighborhoods.

The analysis framework is applied to the project-based visions as well as to the current situation of the four study sites. For ease of understanding, the results are presented by site: the balance figures of each project-based vision are derived from a specific and original notation in two steps.
First, a question defines the degree of impact (in terms of coherence, contribution and quality) of the project-based visions according to the spatial scale (region, city, neighborhood) of the dimension considered. 3 answers, corresponding to the points of the diagrams, are possible: yes, partially, no. Secondly, a balance gradient defines to what extent the project-based visions favor either urban or fluvial character, or a combination of the two, representing balance. 5 gradients, corresponding to the columns of the diagrams and generating one line per scale, are possible: Hyper Urban (UU), Urban (U), Balanced (UF), Fluvial (F), Hyper Fluvial (FF).