Overview

This volume is concerned with problems related to development and planning, which affect both urban and rural areas. Accelerated urbanisation has resulted in the deterioration of the cities’ environment and loss of quality of life. Urban development can also aggravate problems faced by rural areas, such as forests and mountain regions, as well as coastal areas. Solutions are proposed towards reducing environmental impacts and the non-sustainable use of available resources. The interaction between different regions are taken into consideration and new methodologies for monitoring current detrimental conditions as well as planning and implementation of novel mitigating strategies are developed. Special emphasis is placed on increasing efficiency and reducing emissions through energy-saving and eco-friendly building designs. Planning has a key role to play in ensuring that such approaches, as well as new materials and processes, are implemented in the most effective manner. Academics, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders from across the globe discuss novel research findings and their incorporation in planning and development strategies, assessment tools and decision-making processes.

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Author:   Stavros Syngellakis
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Volume:   262
ISBN:  

9781784664893

ISBN 10:   1784664898
Pages:   1040
Publication Date:   25 November 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Sustainable development indicators, governance and policies Public views on sustainability issues over a 33-year period in Idaho, USA; Analysis of the relative performance of clean energy stock indices; Addressing the wicked problem of energy policy: A data-driven approach using the analytic hierarchy process in aquavoltaics policy of Taiwan; The moderating effect of expressway construction on environmental governance: Evidence from China; The influence of sustained ESG performance on corporate financial performance; Stakeholders’ engagement to strengthen the sanctioning process in the mining legislation of Ecuador; Multidisciplinary dimensions and elements of green logistics as a basis for the development of a regional sustainability indicator Section 2: Energy efficiency How to enhance the uptake energy efficiency measures identified in the audits for industrial companies: The AUDIT2MEASURE project; Could Russian hydropower projects reach economic efficiency? Justification of possible scenarios; Experimental analysis of heat transfer in soil at different water table levels Section 3: Sustainability in the built environment Towards sustainable cities: Flora grown and traded in Salvador, Brazil; A new perspective on urban architecture: Streets above ground for better adaptation with nature;  Measuring uncertainty: Facing place mutations sustainably; Energy retrofitting of heritage protected university buildings: An interoperability challenge; Human-centred urban design: Small interventions, big impact for habitable cities; A case study on housing location guidance in a compact city in Sapporo, Japan; The role of shared space fostering cooperation towards sustainable wellbeing in urban communities: The representative case of the Genova community in Freiburg, Germany; Integration of affordable housing and green residential building design in the construction sector in Cambodia; Step-by-step method for district renovation through community engagement and urban planning to foster local economic development and improve the quality of life;  Sustainable spatial planning for rural–urban fringes: A case study in Turkey; Sustainable design strategies in architectural construction, focusing on biomaterials and their applications for the goals of the 2030 Agenda; Unlocking green knowledge transfer: Cell biology insights for sustainable exchange in engineering projects; The Matteotti village by Giancarlo De Carlo: Participatory architecture before and after the Millennials; Modelling and factor analysis of building lot consolidation in built-up areas; Seismic and structural risk assessment of an educational building for community sustainability: A case study in Zaruma, Ecuador Section 4: Sustainable mobility Contradictions around the formalisation of South Africa’s minibus taxi industry; Characterising major storm event impacts on rural routes; Towards sustainable development: Exploring the optimal strategy for promoting new energy vehicles within the 2030 carbon emission reduction target in China; Hydrogen mobility for Qatar: A comparison between conventional, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles using life cycle cost analysis; Ride-hailing in Indian cities: Using interviewee quotes to develop a  research agenda for sustainable mobility; Green light optimal speed advisory with reduced default speed: Analyses of a new GLOSA service; Sustainable development through strategic road safety management: A regional approach Section 5: City and community planning Putting urban poverty back on the urban policy agenda: Upgrading an unplanned settlement in Beira, Mozambique; Planning and recordation of heritage conservation in the tropics: Piloting digital preservation of La Mina Recreation Area, Puerto Rico; Marketplace mosaics: Understanding the inner mechanisms of newly emergent informal street markets in Colombo, Sri Lanka; Singularity as a principle in urban development process Section 6: Rural areas development Co-designing interventions to create awareness and reshape the future in a Mexican semiarid agricultural community; Integrated rural development and environment issues in Indonesia: Is the quintuple helix model sustainable?; Review of agricultural cadastre approaches using geomatics for rural development; Decision-making tools for sustainable recovery of rural villages: Planning policies and implementation strategies for valorising small communities in inner areas under the next generation EU programme Section 7: Waste management Waste-to-energy strategy concept for a coal-firing power plant in the Czech Republic: Part A – Waste co-incineration approach; Waste-to-energy strategy concept for a coal-firing power plant in the Czech Republic: Part B – Waste gasification/pyrolysis approach;  Integration of remote sensing technologies within decision support systems for the enforcement of illegal dumping: Principles and numerical simulations; Obtention of activated carbon by reutilisation of oil palm residues: A circular economy case study;  Mathematical modelling of a binary system of copper and lead biosorption  in a fixed bed column Section 8: Natural resources management The intersection of Agenda 2063 (Goal 11) and Sustainable Development Goal 6: Exploring the ‘harder’ obligations for wetland management strategies in selected African countries; Integration of water desalination systems on electrical microgrids for  remote coastal communities; Assessment of the stakeholder engagement and monitoring stages in the adaptive management of a national forest in western Colorado, USA; Addressing water scarcity in the Magdalena department, Colombia: A comprehensive analysis using system dynamics and Bourdieu’s theory; Drought trends in a coastal region with complex topography in northern Colombia; Design and creation of a database to assess the information needs of hydrological models; A systematic review of geophysics applied in seawater intrusion research Section 9: Environmental impacts Carrying capacity assessment in tourism: The case of Mykonos Island, Greece; The urban street as a pollution hot-spot: Simulations and measurements for model evaluation; Influence on air quality of moving from diesel to electric buses: The case of the city of Cuenca, Ecuador; Sustainable development analysis in the sugar industry: Assessing environmental energy impact in sugar production through lifecycle assessment; Analysis and observations concerning concentrations of greenhouse gases measured over an 11-year period in the central Mediterranean region; Some observations on measurements of background concentrations of atmospheric black carbon and sulphur dioxide in the central Mediterranean region; An auditing framework and checklist to guide green IT assessment in businesses; Exploring environmental impacts in the bicycle helmet market:  A life cycle assessment approach; Environmental assessment of quarrying in volcanic islands: The case of ‘Cerro Quemado’, Galapagos, Ecuador; Improving the procedure of environmental audit at traditional energy enterprises Section 10: Quality of life Nutritional life cycle assessment: A paradox or a pathway to sustainable agro-food systems?; Impact of airborne microplastics on induced sputum of urban dwellers:  The role of environmental and occupational factors; Forest fires as a public health challenge in Chile: The case of the Biobío region Section 11: Carbon and ecological footprint Carbon and environmental footprint of cities and communities: A Living Labs experience; Environmental footprint of diesel fuel in the shipping sector; Assessing energy-saving retrofit and carbon footprint reduction of rural dwellings: A case study in Tuscia, Italy; Analysis of Shah Alam’s carbon emissions based on Malaysia’s low  carbon city framework and assessment   Section 12: Energy–Climate transition Empowering local authorities to accelerate the clean energy transition: The LOCAL GoGREEN project; Transition management fostering sustainable pathways for local  authorities toward a liveable future: A case study of Ravenna, Italy; New greenhouse gas simulation and mapping tools to support local carbon neutrality agendas: A case study of the city of Almada, Portugal; The CapaCITIES project to support national government engagement and stimulate transnational cooperation: The role of ambassadors as  facilitators for the dissemination of national platforms; Sustainable integrated urban planning as resilient knowledge building: Narni (Italy) and the LIFE IN-PLAN project; The urgent call for tangible actions to adapt regions to climate change impacts: The example of IMPETUS mountain demonstration site; Upscaling of air and climate planning in a multi-level governance perspective: Insights from Tuscany, Italy Section 13: Strategies for environmental sustainability Sustainable development goals and circular economy relationship roles in education and industry for waste collection implementation; Assessment of the environmental performance of higher education institutes: The case of Italian universities; Preliminary correlations between climate change and wastewater treatment plant parameters; The role of the public in the implementation of national energy policy objectives; The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the EU Member States: Searching for effectiveness in some national policies for transposition – A comparative analysis; Data collection for life cycle assessment of biomedical solid waste treatment and disposal: A case study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; A sustainable and circular approach to food systems in universities: An exploration of potential directions and good practices

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