Resilient Horizons: Building Sustainable Environments for Climate Adaptation and Health (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)

Preface
Acknowledgments
About The Conference
Contents
Introduction
An Era to Address Climate Change for Urban Resilience
	Abstract
	1	Climate Change and Disasters
	2	An Era to Address Climate Change for Urban Resilience
	3	Pathways to Climate Change Actions and Urban Resilience Improvement
	4	Concluding Remarks
	References
Monitoring of Sustainable Built Environment Solutions for Climate Adaptation
A Practical Urban Habitat for Living in the Extreme Drought Conditions of the Future, Using Advanced Wastewater Recycling Technologies
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Impacts of Drought on Urban Habitats and Intersectoral Systems
	3	Water Management and Treatment Systems to Build Climate-Resilient and Eco-Friendly Habitat of Tataouine
	4	Global Warming and Implications on Various Environmental Footprints
	5	Minimizing Water Footprint to Combat Drought Impacts
	6	On-Site or Decentralized “PolyBio” Water Circulation Systems at Tataouine Habitat in Arizona, USA
	7	Turning the Unidirectional Flow of Wastewater to a Circular Loop for Resource Recovery to Overcome Water Scarcity
	8	Wastewater Recirculation Through “PolyBio” to Attain Sustainability
	9	Biosolids Utilization and Mushroom Cultivation
	10	Wastewater Management and Its Revitalization at Tataouine
	11	Conclusions
	References
Non-intrusive Load Monitoring System for Decarbonization of Built Environment Based on Deep Learning Algorithm
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Related Work
	3	Research Objects
		3.1	NILM Introduction
		3.2	Basic Framework of NILM System
	4	Methodology
		4.1	System Architecture
		4.2	The Structure of Neural Network
			4.2.1 First Level
			4.2.2 Second Level
			4.2.3 Third Level
		4.3	Choice of Dataset
	5	Experiment and Results
		5.1	Prediction and Decomposition Result
		5.2	Energy-Consumption Monitoring Application Architecture Design
			5.2.1 Portal Website Architecture Design
			5.2.2 Mobile Application Architecture Design
	6	Discussion
	7	Conclusions and Future Work
	References
Sustainable Renovation on Aosta Residential Building for Carbon Neutrality
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
		1.1	Background
		1.2	Target
		1.3	Significance
	2	Research Object
		2.1	Aosta Social Housing
		2.2	Research Framework
	3	Research Methods
		3.1	Measurements
		3.2	Software Simulation
	4	Results
		4.1	Subjective Results
		4.2	Objective Results
			4.2.1 Onsite Measurement
			4.2.2 Software Simulation of the Current Status
	5	Discussion
		5.1	Sustainable Renovation Analysis
		5.2	Limitations
	6	Conclusions
	References
Features of ESG Risk Management in the Implementation of Megaprojects the Belt and Road Initiative
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of ESG Risk Management in the Implementation of Megaprojects
		2.1	The Essence of Megaprojects
		2.2	ESG Risks of Megaprojects
		2.3	ESG Risk Assessment and Management
		2.4	Features of ESG Risks of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
	3	ESG Risks of Implementing China’s Water Management Megaprojects
		3.1	The Main Megaprojects and Their Specifics
		3.2	ESG Risks and Risk Management Tools
	4	Conclusions
	References
Sustainability and Post-COVID-19 Era Changing Housing Design and Models in the Cities of Istanbul
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Problem Statements
	3	Methodology
	4	Hypothecal Solutions
		4.1	The Post-COVID-19 Era, in the World Cities; Paris, NewYork, London, Beijing, Istanbul
		4.2	Istanbul City, Post-Pandemic Era and the Compatibility with Sustainable Planning
		4.3	Istanbul City, Post-Pandemic Era the Housing Design and Planning
	5	Conclusion
	References
Decarbonisations of Built Environment for Health Livable Cities and Climate Change Mitigation
Risk Assessment of Green Reuse of Abandoned Industrial Buildings: A Case of Steel Mill in Xi’an City
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Literature Review
		2.1	Concept of GRAIBs
		2.2	Characteristics of GRAIBs
	3	Methodology
		3.1	Establishment of Risk Assessment Model
		3.2	Risk Assessment Indexes and Grading Standards
			3.2.1 Establishment of Risk Assessment Indexes
			3.2.2 Indexes Grading Standards
	4	Case Study
		4.1	Data Sources
		4.2	Calculation Process
			4.2.1 Constructing the Single-Index Unascertained Measure Function
			4.2.2 Calculating the Single-Index Unascertained Measure Matrix
			4.2.3 Calculate the Weight of Each Index
			4.2.4 Calculating the First-Level Index Comprehensive Measure Matrix
			4.2.5 Calculating the Total Target Comprehensive Measure Matrix
			4.2.6 Decision of Risk Assessment Level
			4.2.7 First-Level Index Risk Ranking
	5	Result and Discussion
	6	Conclusions
	References
Urban Energy Consumption in the City of Naples (Italy): A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach
	Abstract
	List of Abbreviations
	1	Introduction and State of Art
	2	Methodology
	3	Results
	4	Conclusions and Policy Implications
	References
Mechanical Properties and Impact Resistance of Steel Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash and Nano-Silica Concrete
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Experimental Method
		2.1	Materials
		2.2	Methods
			2.2.1 Mixed Design
			2.2.2 Testing
	3	Results and Discussion
		3.1	Workability
		3.2	Compressive Strength
		3.3	Split Tensile Strength
		3.4	Flexural Strength
		3.5	Comparison of the Results of the Mechanical Properties
		3.6	Impact Resistance
	4	Conclusions
	References
Sensitivity Analysis Using Standardized Regression Coefficients of Roof Design Variables for Energy Performance in Residential Buildings
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Methodology
	3	Case Study
	4	Parametric Model Definition
		4.1	Design Variables
		4.2	Objective Performance Metrics
	5	Results and Discussion
		5.1	Sensitivity Analysis
		5.2	Principal Component Analysis
	6	Conclusion
	References
Investigating the Impacts of Biochar Addition to Substrate on Mitigating Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Green Roofs
	Abstract
	Nomenclature
	1	Introduction
	2	Materials and Methodologies
		2.1	Experimental Materials
		2.2	Experimental Site and Design
	3	Results and Discussion
		3.1	Directly Effect of Carbon Dioxide Emission from Meteorological Environment
			3.1.1 Relationship Between Illumination Intensity and Carbon Dioxide Emission
			3.1.2 Relationship Between Atmospheric Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Emission
			3.1.3 Relationship Between Solar Radiation and Carbon Dioxide Emission
		3.2	Indirectly Effects of Biochar Addition on Variations of Hydrological Properties
			3.2.1 Water-Retaining Property
			3.2.2 Fertilizer-Retention Property
	4	Conclusions and Prospects
	References
Influence of Human Footprint on Eco-System: The Necessity of Creating Sustainable Environment
Adaptation of Plant Ecosystems to Rapid Climate Change in the Ural Region
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Materials and Methods
	3	Results
		3.1	Dynamics of Average Annual Temperatures in the Middle Urals
		3.2	Fires in Forest Areas and Reduction of Air Humidity
		3.3	Pollen Grain Anomalies as a Reproductive Response of Coniferous Species to Temperature Changes in the Region
		3.4	Carbon Polygon Model as an Arena for Studying the Productivity of Broad-Leaved Tree Species
	4	Discussion
	5	Conclusions
	References
Climate Determinants of Health
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Method
	3	Findings
	4	Climate Determinants of Health
	5	Conclusions
	6	What Else Do the Climate Determinants of Health Do?
		6.1	They Reveal the True Extent of the Relationship Among Climate and Health
		6.2	The Determinants also Guide Academic Studies and Practices for the Protection of People, Communities, Cities, and Global Health from the Effects of Climate Change
		6.3	The Climate Determinants of Health Prove That the Health Impacts of Climate Change are Not Under the Ultimate Responsibility and Administration of Only One Sector
	References
Effects of Climate Change on Human Security and Sustainable Development
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Climate Change: What is It?
	3	Climate Change and Human Security
	4	Climate Change and Sustainable Development
	5	Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Livelihood
	6	Climate Change and Fundamental Human Rights
	7	Sustainable Environmental Governance
	8	Conclusion
	References
Role of Value Orientation and Belief in Shaping Indian Pre-service Teachers’ Personal Norms to Address Climate Change
	Abstract
	1	Introduction
	2	Motivation
	3	Value Orientation, Beliefs, and Personal Norms on Climate Change
	4	Materials and Methods
		4.1	Survey Implementation and Sample Description
	5	Data Analysis
		5.1	Result
		5.2	Discussions
	6	Conclusion
	References