The Sustainable City IV: Urban Regeneration And Sustainability

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Copyright Page......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
Section 1: Architectural issues......Page 20
The use of greenrooves for the mitigation of environmental problems in urban areas......Page 22
Urban architecture for the advancement of small-scale township enterprises: relevance of the scholarship......Page 38
International assessment of the environmental performance of housing, and prospects for sustainable cities......Page 48
Thermal characterisation of bio-based building materials......Page 58
Section 2: Cultural heritage......Page 66
Sustainable reconstruction and planning strategies for Afghan cities: conservation in cultural and environmental heritage......Page 68
History integrated urban transformation......Page 80
Historical centers: sustainable economic spaces, management for sustainable projects......Page 90
Section 3: Planning issues......Page 100
Sustainability in cities: the green areas and climatic comfort as fundamental parameters......Page 102
Speed in the sustainable city......Page 114
Sustainable regional development and provincial development planning: the case of Bolu......Page 124
Valuing the effects of urban road-network projects: a methodological proposal......Page 134
Mobile positioning in sustainability studies: the social positioning method in studying commuter\'s activity spaces in Tallinn......Page 146
Planning with PlaceMaker: complex indices for sustainable projects......Page 156
Green-switch: reducing the conflict between the industrial and the residential interface......Page 166
Section 4: Planning, development and management......Page 172
KiwiGrow: a community and environmental health framework for sustainable development......Page 174
On the way to Gigapolises: can global urban development become sustainable?......Page 188
Seeking a unified urban systems theory......Page 198
What the \"new Istanbul\" shaped by capital makes one think…......Page 208
Use of atmospheric modelling for the territorial planning of technological structures......Page 218
Urban regeneration of historic towns: regeneration strategies for Pauni, India......Page 228
Environmental policy integration in urban spatial planning: the approach of Rotterdam......Page 238
How many light globes does it take to change a footprint?......Page 248
Spatial-temporal changes of regional sustainability: an empirical study in Taiwan......Page 258
A critical analysis of regional planning in South Africa in the 21[sup(st)] century......Page 270
Section 5: Strategy and development......Page 280
Entropy and the city......Page 282
IRMA: a European project for a sustainable City Concept......Page 292
When does stacking become vertical sprawl?......Page 302
Can elevated pedestrian walkways be sustainable?......Page 312
Structuring the World down to cities and sustainable air sharing......Page 322
Strategic (spatial) planning approach in Turkey: new expectations......Page 332
Anthropocentrism and sustainable development: oxymoron or symbiosis?......Page 342
Strategic urban design from a sustainable tourism perspective: a case study from the city of Guangzhou, China......Page 352
Section 6: Land use and management......Page 362
The ecological footprint of building construction......Page 364
From Brownfield to blue sky: Sydney Harbour\'s renaissance......Page 376
A study on the future of urban models in the third millennium: a sustainable urban model for Kırıkkale, Turkey......Page 386
Section 7: Environmental management......Page 396
Characterization of particulate matter from urban, industrial and rural environments......Page 398
Life cycle guarantors of sustainability......Page 408
Environmental management and numerical models: examples from long-term ecological research on a real case study......Page 418
Recycling programs in partnership with scavenger associations as a sustainability factor in Metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil......Page 428
On energy requirements and potential energy savings in Italian hospital buildings......Page 438
Wind and environmental effects on overhead high voltage transmission lines......Page 452
Capacity building for effective municipal environmental management in South Africa......Page 464
Minimization of adverse environmental effects of a sports complex through implementation of green management......Page 476
Strategic spatial planning and environmental management: the impact of Guanabara Bay Cleaning Programme in Rio de Janeiro......Page 486
Rational environmental goals and sustainable planning......Page 496
Section 8: Energy resources......Page 506
Environmental accounting of buildings: outcomes from the emergy analysis......Page 508
The emergy synthesis for the Province of Pescara (Italy) and strategic choices for a sustainable development......Page 518
Sustainability of energy use in Estonian settlements and regions......Page 528
Emergy approach for the environmental sustainability assessment of the urban water system of Genoa (NW Italy)......Page 540
Hydrogen city......Page 550
Final architecture diploma projects in the analysis of the UPC buildings energy performance......Page 560
Section 9: Sustainable transportation and transport integration......Page 568
Making liveable and sustainable major urban streets: the case of Begin Road in Tel-Aviv -- Jaffa......Page 570
Development of sustainable traffic planning: analysis of Danish planning visions 2005 and 2015......Page 580
The ethics of mobility: a framework for assessing mobility paradigms......Page 588
Relevant aspects of automobile user behaviour: a study under the sustainable consumption concept in the transportation sector......Page 598
Effects of a non-motorized transport infrastructure development in the Bucharest metropolitan area......Page 608
Is the pedestrian city relevant to the sustainable city? Mobility, urbanization and health......Page 618
Evaluating walking promotion policies with regard to mobility representations, appropriations and practices in public space......Page 626
Section 10: Traffic and transportation......Page 638
Suburbanisation and commuting modes in the Tallinn metropolitan area......Page 640
Assessment of the sustainability of the street network in Kaunas city......Page 650
Analysis of transport modes in the urban environment: an application for a sustainable mobility system......Page 656
First study on mobility for a medium size town: Ciudad Real, a Spanish experience......Page 666
Sustainable urban transport development: a modelling approach......Page 678
Section 11: The community and the city......Page 688
The burglar as a space explorer in his own neighborhood......Page 690
New Urbanism and Chicago......Page 700
Community-based quality of life indicators for urban areas as derived in Galway City, Ireland......Page 710
Space for community – the study of resident involvement in neighbourhood space management......Page 722
The neighbourhood imperative in the sustainable city......Page 732
Linking perceptions of health to neighbourhood environment in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal......Page 742
Community in the city? Social exclusion in neighbourhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada......Page 752
Sustainability knowledge, attitude and practices of Malaysians......Page 762
Community participation in urban renewal projects: experiences and challenges of the case of Johannesburg, South Africa......Page 772
Section 12: Socio-economic issues......Page 782
Small and medium-sized enterprises, employment generation and regional development in Estonia......Page 784
Sustainable Scotland: putting environmental justice at the heart of the policy agenda?......Page 794
Urban environmental quality: perceptions and measures in three UK cities......Page 804
Section 13: Public safety......Page 814
Pedestrian safety at urban crossings in Estonia......Page 816
Towards an integral accessible public area in the city......Page 826
The survey of drinking water supply in Estonia from the point of view of public health......Page 836
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