The sustainable city II : urban regeneration and sustainability / editors, C.A. Brebbia, J.F. Martin-Duque, L.C. Wadhwa.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Brebbia, C. A.

Martin-Duque, J. F.

Wadhwa, L. C. (Lal Chand), 1938-

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (2nd : 2002 : Segovia, Spain)

Series:

International series on advances in architecture 1368-1435 ; v. 14.

International series on advances in architecture, 1368-1435 ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--Congresses.

Urban renewal.

City planning--Congresses.

City planning.

Community development, Urban--Congresses.

Community development, Urban.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Congresses.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 1034 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Sustainable city two

Place of Publication:

Southampton, UK ; Boston : WIT Press, [2002]

Contents:

Section 1 Strategy and development

Global perspectives in sustainable urban environments / L C Wadhwa 3

Toward sustainable cities: priorities in economics, ecology and education / W S Fyfe 13

A comparative tale of two cities in search of sustainability: London and Seattle / T J Bartuska 19

Sustainable urban design paradigm: twenty five simple things to do to make an urban neighborhood sustainable / B A Kazimee 31

Towards more sustainable cities: the "Urban Management and Sustainable Development Project" in Latin America and the Caribbean / R Jordan, G C Magnoli 43

Ecopolis

search for sustainable cities in Russia / M Ignatieva 53

The role of technologies of the information and the communication in the sustainable planning / J A Hoyuela 63

Eco-tech cities: Smart metabolism for a green urbanism / D Bogunovich 75

Property tax based revenue collection GIS in the developing cities

a new approach for sustainable urban development / J Nieminen 85

The spirituality of brownfields redevelopment / S Ellen Walkowiak 95

Self-organization as a resource for a sustainable city planning / R M Pulselli, S Bastianoni, E Tiezzi 103

Section 2 Planning, development and management

Integrated water management as a tool for sustainable urban regeneration / C Shirley-Smith 117

Methodology based on qualitative reasoning: measuring the evolution level of sustainability in a city / J Roses, G Garcia, C Rodriguez 133

Reconfiguring urban topography

new paradigms for older cities / M Davis 143

Peri-urban areas of South African cities: innovative technologies for sustainability / E V Macagnano 153

Design for sustainability in the Hill Road Corridor precinct, Millenium Parklands, Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia / A R McCormick 163

A proposal for the constitution of a river park in Volla (Naples, Italy) / M Rasulo 179

Intra-metropolitan migration and the expansion of spontaneous settlements on the Tehran Metropolitan Fringe / E Zebardast 189

Measuring sustainability at the communal level / T Corbiere-Nicollier, O Jolliet 199

Patterns of inner-city migration in Ankara / O Dundar 207

Composing indicators in a multi-layered perspective: toward a hermeneutics of local sustainability / M Rosini, A Facchini, M Pia Picchi 217

Design criteria for new settlements through an interdisciplinary approach / V Erby, M Mameli 225

Row houses in Taiwan

a study of sustainable dwelling usage and size under environmental crisis / Chang Herng Lin 237

Sustainable Army installations / J Vanegas, L Walrath 247

New housing schemes: urbanisation that incorporates nature / W Timmermans, L van den Berg, J Luttik 259

Solar City Gelsenkirchen: From thousand fires to thousand suns / F Wouters, S Gajewski 273

The sustainable development and tourism / C A C Sampaio 281

A participative strategic planning approach for the local development / SDC de Souza, J Arica 293

Section 3 Restructuring and renewal

Sustainability in three dimensions

the importance of improving the use of space and life span beside technological efficiency / A A J F van den Dobbelsteen, Th S de Wilde, M J P Arets 305

The green zones, main factor of urban regeneration and of city sustainability / F Gomez, M L Gil, L Montero, F Rodrigo 315

The operational capacities of evaluation in urban regeneration policies: some issues from Portugal / I Breda-Vazquez, P Conceicao, M Branco-Teixeira 325

Participatory development and the sustainable city: community forestry in Detroit / K E Vachta, M H McDonough 335

Section 4 Cultural heritage and architectural issues

The "sensitive relief" and urban planning: a cultural approach to the sustainable city construction / M Sepe 347

Scotland's built heritage; tourism and income generation / C Doyle 357

Urban regeneration and the sustainability of colonial built heritage: a case study of Macau, China / I Chaplain 367

Cultural heritage and urban sustainability; a case study from Central Anatolia / Z Ozcan 377

The comprehensive development plan for the city of Luxor / G Abraham 387

Sustainable preservation of historical urban areas through the improvement of colour image / N Naoumova, PO Jaekel 397

Designing public space for sustainability: lessons from historical perspectives / R Bornberg 407

Sustainable use of recycled materials in building construction / Ch F Hendriks 417

Shrinking history / W van der Toorn Vrijthoff 427

Limitations to community involvement in rehabilitation of historic areas / E Assi 439

"Where's the air conditioning switch?": Identifying problems for sustaining local architectural traditions in the contemporary United Arab Emirates / R W Hawker 449

Section 5 Land use and management / Organised by J.F. Martin Duque

Examples of landscape indicators for assessing environmental conditions and problems in urban and suburban areas / J F Martin-Duque, A Godfrey, A Diez, E Cleaves, J Pedraza, M A Sanz, R M Carrasco, J Bodoque 467

Proposal for to Natural Capital Bank as a managing tool for urban management sustainability / J L Mirales i Garcia, F Gaja i Diaz 477

Defining the pattern of the sustainable urban region / E Brabec, G McD Lewis 487

A comparative study on urban land use planning system between China and Taiwan / M Lai 497

The role of very high resolution image data and GIS as planning support tools - Case Studies of Belgrade and Shanghai / C Hoffmann, K Steinnocher, F Petrini-Monteferri, M Kasanko 507

Urban densification - a sustainable urban policy? / A Skovbro 517

Multiple use of space in railway station areas / Th S de Wilde 529

Section 6 Environmental management

Local Agenda 21 role of Region of Campania cities in environmental sustainability policy / V Brandi, M G Russo 541

The UNSW Ecoliving Program - integration of teaching, research and community outreach for urban sustainability / P Osmond, C Little 549

The eco-costs/value-ratio / Ch F Hendriks, J Vogtlander 559

Mathematical modelling of urban floods with solid material embodiment representing flow obstruction / F C B Mascarenhas, M G Miguez, R O G Campos 571

A study of the relationship between people's lives and the tidal flats in Sanban-ze: a survey of local inhabitants / E Mohri, J Kobayashi, T Kitahara 581

Making the most of Adelaide's water / I Radbone, S Hamnett 591

Geochemical processes in the unsaturated zone below the city of Tel Aviv (Israel) during the pre-industrial stage of its development / M Zilberbrand, E Rosenthal 603

Air quality evaluation as an ecological indicator of regional diagnosis / M M Nava-Nava 613

Gas production from three-lift landfill lysimeter in tropical country / S Karnchanawong, W Sonklin, S Kladprasert, S Karnchanawong 621

Daily Chloride contamination of Lake Ontario by Etobicoke Creek / R Vedom 631

Section 7 The community and the city

Towards a sustainable city: roles, behaviour and attitudes of citizens, local organisations and the authorities / H J Falkena, H C Moll, K J Noorman 643

Toward an architecture of engagement / H M Steinberg 653

Re-building the social capital: lessons from the City of Edinburgh / G C Magnoli, R D Talbot, R Atkins, G Ferrari, K M Shah, T Chong 663

Participatory budgeting and e-democracy in Brazil: new strategies, new challenges in the city management / ASS Teodosio 675

The Third World cities' need for information / F Nourian 685

Perennial old-city paradigms / R Samuels 693

Designing the life in urban squares: An academic workshop as a tool for improving the quality of life in cities / F A Fukushima, T Takaki Ayala, T Kitahara 705

Urban sustainability in the tradition of Islam / H Mortada 715

Brazilian NGOs and the urban management: the role and the impacts of civil society in the sustainable cities / A S S Teodosio 725

Popular restaurants: Brazilian urban experience on fighting against hunger and strengthening civil rights / M R Nabuco, M J Pessoa 735

Sustainable city: blending nature with business / A Abdullah, B Bahauddin, B Mohamed, K Abbas 745

Section 8 Public safety and security

Road safety audit effectiveness at urban

junctions / O Giuffre, A Di Francisca, A Grana 757

Sustainable development in the prevention of sexual delinquency - public health and security / T van Loon 771

Section 9 Traffic and transportation

Targets and performance indicators for sustainable urban transport: a review of current practice in Sydney, Australia / P Hidas, J Black 783

Madrid Public Transport Authority: a bet on a future viable urban environment / C Cristobal-Pinto, J-D Gonzalez 793

Analysis of the potential demand of transport in the urban area of Milan / G P Corda, C De Micheli, L Florio, G Morini 803

New high-speed rail lines and small cities: locating the station / J M Menendez, B Guirao, J M Coronado, A Rivas, F J Rodriguez, C Ribalaygua, J M Urena 811

Transport technology with a use of the super-light rail vehicles / W Czyczula 821

The role of parking policy in the long process to sustainable mobility / M C Poblet 827

TECAPSY - Trans European car-pooling and parking systems / M Attane, I Garcia, J Martinez, J Papi 833

Estimating the inconveniences of bus transfers: An SP study and its policy implications for improving mass transit in a city / S Lee, J Park 843

The automatic vehicles access control system of the historical centre of Rome / E Antonucci, F Garzia, G M Veca 853

Safe ways to school / VP Sisiopiku, I Cruzado 863

Section 10 Transport environment and integration

Neural geo-spatial model for urban and transportation sustainability - system's diagnosis / D A Soria Alves, A Dantas, K Yamamoto, Y Yamashita 875

Assessing the potential of new artifacts for sustainable mobility systems: the Mitka case / L Berchicci, P Vergragt 885

Design of an urban solid waste transport system / R A Garrido 895

A semi-parametric analysis on carbon monoxide distribution / C De Lucia, L Leonida 905

Section 11 Agriculture and the city / Organised by W. Timmermans

Renewed link between urban and rural areas / G Kolkman, J Douwe van der Ploeg, L Van den Berg, W Timmermans 917

Linking urban agriculture with urban management: a challenge for policy makers and planners / R Vasquez, O Cofie, P Drechsel, I F Mensa-Bonsu 925

Agriculture as an urban infrastructure: a new social contract / A Fleury 935

Urban agriculture between allotment and market gardening: contributions to the sustainability of African and Asian cities / L M van den Berg 945

Urban agriculture, an environmentally sustainable land use - Case tudies from Europe, Latin America and Africa / I M Madaleno 961

Creating livable cities: the need for urban agriculture / G. E. Castillo, S. Langeveld 971

Food security in cities - a new challenge to development / D L Iaquinta, A W Drescher 983

Section 12 Energy resources

The Scottish Fuel Cell Consortium - A review of the first year of operation / C Wilson, S Gair, A Cruden, J M Donald, B Armstrong 997

Mapping the potential of photovoltaic systems in urban areas of Slovakia / M Suri, A R Jones, E D Dunlop 1007

Considering Photovoltaic Technology as a part of the building material / H Sozer 1017

Comparison between conventional and PV integrated curtain wall systems / H. Sozer, M Elnimeiri 1025.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

1853129178

OCLC:

50803610