Sustainable city : urban regeneration and sustainability/ editors C.A. Brebbia ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

International series on advances in architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--Congresses.

Urban renewal.

City planning--Congresses.

City planning.

Community development, Urban--Congresses.

Community development, Urban.

Sustainable development.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

600 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Urban regeneration and sustainability

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Southompton : WIT Press, [2000]

Contents:

Section 1 Strategy and Development

Sustainable cities: future challenges and research issues / G. Mattrisch 3

SiGOS: strategic organizational management for sustainable development / C.A.C. Sampaio 13

Analysis of the state of the environment, Local Agenda 21 realisation and preparing for EU accession for the city of Maribor / V. Smaka-Kincl 21

Local economic development - An application in the strengthening of the productive chain for decorative stones in Santo Antonio de Padua - RJ / R. e Silva Neto, F. Dias Coelho 31

The quaternary city / M. Tomelin, R.G. DaSilva 41

The constitutive elements of S&T public policy towards sustainable development / B.R.C. Terra, M.V.R. Rodriguez 47

Uncertainty and advantages of energy conservation programs in Brazil / S.F. Pinheiro 59

Section 2 Environmental Management and Pollution

Environmental conditions in the state of Rio de Janeiro / A.C.M. Rocha, C.A.N. Cosenza 69

The sustainable city: a Swedish research programme / H. Graf 81

The city and the agricultural sector inter-relationship: environmental costs and benefits / O. Ayalon, Y. Avnimelech, M. Shechter 85

Urban environmental quality indicators / R. Sarmento, F.M.B. Zorzal, A.J. Serafim, L.B. Allmenroedr 95

Pollution of Moscow air in winter: a GC-MS study of snow samples / A.T. Lebedev, O.V. Poliakova, O. Hanninen 103

Brownfields redevelopment as a catalyst for creating sustainable cities / E. Walkowiak, D. Frazier 113

Trees and urban life quality: A case study on spatial segregation in the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / V.A. Carneiro da Silva, M.A. Pedlowski 123

Relationship between the different players to help industries meet the requirement to have an efficient environmental management system / E.M.R. Sharland, A.M.S. Antunes, N. Pereira, Jr. 129

The accounting information as a support to sustainable development / M. de Souza Ribeiro, L.N. de Carvalho 139

Urban drainage case study - watershed of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / F.C.B. Mascarenhas, M.G. Miguez, R.O.G. Campos 149

Integrated geographical information system (GIS) for urban solid waste management / A.C. Caputo, P.M. Pelagagge 159

Application of biotechnology concepts in the treatment of petroleum residues / A. Ururahy, N. Pereira, Jr. 171

Waste recycling and the sustainable city / A.S. Pereira, L.B. Oliveira, M.M. Reis 185

Performance evaluation and eco-efficiency coefficients / L.N. Carvalho, E.R.J. de Matos, R.O. Moraes 193

Characterization of carbonate rocks from Rio de Janeiro for gas emission control / W.C. Pereira 203

Rehabilitation of the stream Machadinho / C.A. Arantes 213

Drag reducing effects in district heating networks / A. Krope, J. Krope, L. Crepinsek 219

Section 3 Land Use and Management

A study of quality over hillside development in Taipei County area / T.-Y. Hsiao, Y.-H. Yu 231

Desire-based multi-objective land use planning: a case study / V. Thamizh Arasan, B.R. Kabade 241

Land management of the mid-South Paraiba river valley / R.C. Oliveira, R.R. Brito, A.M.M. Ferreira, E. Salati 251

Section 4 Transport Environment and Integration

Urban transport - the virtual source for sustainability of a city / V.N. Bougromenko, E.G. Myasoedova 263

Transport policy in Riga / A. Argalis, L. Baltioa, I. Zarumba, D. Liepiod 273

Sustainable transportation: the key to sustainable cities / L.C. Wadhwa 281

Proposal for a sustainable transportation-traffic system for the City of Buenos Aires / E. de Freijo, J.M. Boggio Videla 291

Alternatives to improve the accessibility and environment in urban centres / T.S. Davies, C.M. Jefferson, J.W.S. Longhurst, J.M. Marquez 303

Challenges to the urban collective transport sector for the Brazilian sustainable development / F. S. Fernandes 313

Section 5 Cultural Heritage and Architectural Issues

Preservation planning as a tool for a sustainable historic city / A. Moropoulou, M. Koui, N.P. Avdelides, Ch. Kourteli 327

Urban conservation in Kenya: a re-think of sustainable strategies / W.M. Sudi 337

Chromatic identification of townscape image / N. Naoumova 347

Section 6 Planning, Development and Management

The sustainable street - major premises for street design / E. Lillebye 361

Identifying sustainable neighborhoods: An empirical exploration of threshold effects / G. Galster, R. Quercia, A. Cortes 371

Innovation and competitive clusters: a review of key concepts / D.A. Hart 381

Planning and sustainability - good and bad practices in Rio, Sao Paulo and Lisbon / F. Magalhaes, H. Gallo, M. da Costa Lobo 393

Interactive model for urban management / A.I. Prack, J.M. Boggio Videla 403

The national plan for the use of water resources and its consequences to states and municipalities / A. Diaferia, G.N. Dalla Pria Pereira 415

Environmental conditionings and industrial zoning in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro / A. Magrini, M.S. Muylaert, E.M. Montez 427

Inner-city renewal and locational stability of the poor: a study of inner-city renewal program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / A. Gossaye 437

Urban public housing policy: a comparative case study of Louisville (US) and Jinan (China) / Y. Zhao 447

Lakes, rivers and cities / M. Fiuza, G. Cartaxo 459

Analysis of five Dutch sustainable urban plans / W. Timmermans 469

Section 7 Restructuring and Renewal

Paradigms for rebuilding the central city: urban, suburban or neo-traditional / G. Sands 485

Crisis and restructuring of Brazil's urban-industrial development model / E.V. Menezes 495

Section 8 The Community and the City

The structural nature of intra-generational conflict and its implication for sustainability / I. Kenvyn 509

Solidarity networks in the urban space: a study of a volunteering headquarter in Belo Horizonte, Brazil / A. dos S. de Sousa Teodosio, A.R. Angelo Santos 519

Power sharing, self-management and sustainable communities: lessons from the UK in new forms of landlord tenant relationships / P. Bolan 529

Training impact evaluation: individual and situational predictors / A.M.J. Pantoja, S.M. Valle Lima, J.E. Borges-Andrade 541

The Catacumba Trail environmental project / J.C.L. Barbosa, S. Figueiredo 553

The image as a determinant factor of local development: lies and contributions / M.P. de Figueiredo 561

The challenges of a government strategy of training of local leaderships / M.A. Nunes de Barros, R. Arruda de Bloch 571

Section 9 Public Safety and Security

Violence and health: an intersectorial approach / T. Van Loon, P. Mengal, S. Brotelle, D. Hellemans 581

The reconstruction of the public safety system of the state of Mato Grosso / H.M. Neto 591.

Notes:

The papers included were originally presented at the first International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the year 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1853128112

OCLC:

44595884