Urban planning in the 21st century / Daniel S. Graber and Kenneth A. Birmingham, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graber, Daniel S.

Birmingham, Kenneth A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains several key factors of urban growth in today's world: natural vegetation, air quality, birds, and energy. The impact of city growth, which diminishes natural vegetation, is explored. The SaudAr project is a study that helps us better understand urban air pollution and ways to minimise its impact. The four stages of this study are presented. Furthermore, the need to maintain diverse communities of birds is shown to improve the ecological quality of the urban areas in which we live. Using a fuel cell network system, a prediction of a reduction of 46 per cent of fuel capacity is anticipated. The Sub-Saharan African cities are experiencing substantial urban growth. In these areas as well as others, geospatial technology can be used as a valuable tool in sustainable land use planning. Another chapter suggests measures to turn cities in urban Africa into productive centres. Finally, several case studies of lowland regions are examined showing the effectiveness of using landfill volume in zoning code guidelines.

Contents:

Intro

URBAN PLANNING IN THE 21STCENTURY

URBAN PLANNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PLANNING FOR PRESERVATION OF ORIGINALNATURAL VEGETATION IN CITIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

The Use of Existing Natural Vegetation as a City Planning Approach

The Development of the Concept of Existing Natural Vegetation Preservation

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Preservation of Natural Vegetation inCities

IMPACT AND THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN VEGETATION

VEGETATIONAL SURVEYS

PLANNING FOR PRESERVATION

Types of Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure and Their Significance forPreservation

Planning Theory of Vegetation Preservation in Cities

The Importance of Commitment, Determination and Information

Preserved Vegetation as a Part of the Green Infrastructure Pattern

Types of Vegetation and Wetlands That May Be Preserved

Effect of Development Patterns and Building Density

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN PLANNING ON AIRQUALITY AND HUMAN HEALTH

THE SAUDAR PROJECT: A CASE STUDY IN PORTUGAL

Case Study Selection

CURRENT AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH SITUATION

Air Quality

Health Effects

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS

Indicators Systems

Scenarios Development

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ON THE ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OF URBANSYSTEMS:AN ORNITHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

1.WHY TO USE BIRDS AS TOOLS FOR MEASURING THE ECOLOGICALQUALITY OF CITIES?

2. BIRDS AND THE CITY

3. BIRDS AND URBAN HABITATS

3.1 The 'Artificial' Structure Component

3.2 The 'Natural' Vegetation Component

4. BIRDS AND HUMANS

5. BIRDS AS ECOLOGICAL QUALITY THERMOSTATS

6. PLANNING TOWARDS HEALTHIER CITIES

6.1 Controlling Land-Use Changes within the Region of a City

6.2 Increasing the Ecological Value of Urban Vegetation.

6.3 Generating Complex Urban Green Networks

6.4 Establishing Standard Protocols to Measure the Ecological Quality ofCities

6.5 Highlighting the Profits of Having High Ecological Quality Cities inUrban Environmental Education Plans

ENERGY NETWORK IN AN URBAN AREA

STUDY ON FUEL CELL NETWORK SYSTEM CONSIDERINGREDUCTION IN FUEL CELL CAPACITY USING LOAD LEVELING ANDHEAT RELEASE LOSS

Load Leveling and Arrangement Plan of Fuel Cell

Power Generation Characteristics of the Fuel Cell

Load Leveling Using Water Electrolysis

Distribution of the Fuel Cell

Energy Balance Equation

Operating Method of the System

Analysis Method

Case Study

CONCLUSIONS

NOMENCLATURE

ROUTE PLANNING OF HEAT SUPPLY PIPINGIN A FUEL CELL ENERGY NETWORK

FUEL CELL NETWORK AND ENERGY BALANCE

Fuel Cell Network

Heat Release Model of Hot-Water Piping

Output Characteristics of the Fuel Cell

Urban Area Model and Energy Demand Pattern

ROUTE PLANNING METHOD OF PIPING

Route Planning Method of Piping Using the TSP (Traveling SalesmanProblem (8))

Analysis Flow of the Search Program of the Piping Route

PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY

IT'S ALL ABOUT SYSTEMS

NEW WAYS OF THINKING

THE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITYOF A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN AN EXPANSIONIST WORLD

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY CHARACTER

PLANNING TOOLS AND METHODS

SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATION PLANNING

SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

NOTES

REFERENCES.

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING IN THE21ST CENTURY:MAPPING URBANLAND USE/COVER IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE USINGGEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY

STUDY AREA

DATA AND METHODS

Satellite Image and Ancillary Data

Image Processing Procedures

Pre-Processing

Hybrid Supervised/Unsupervised Classification

Classification Accuracy Assessment

Results and Discussion

URBANIZATION CHALLENGES IN AFRICA: CREATINGPRODUCTIVE CITIES UNDER GLOBALIZATION

STATE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

CREATING COMPETITIVE AND LIVABLE CITIES

SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH, AND EQUITY:THE ROLE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS∗

THE EXISTING EVIDENCE

Physical Activity and Health

Physical Activity, Health, and Built Environments

Equity in School Transportation and the Environment

Correlates of Physical Activity Among Young People

Correlates of Walking and Biking to School

CASE STUDY: PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENT CORRELATES OFWALKING TO SCHOOL

Objectives and Study Design

Study Areas and Previous Work

Methods

Findings

Existing Evidence and Implications

Remaining Gaps and Future Research Needs

SURFACE FILL VOLUME AS A LAND-USE PLANNINGINDICATOR FOR ASIAN LOW-LYING URBANREGIONS

ADAPTIVE LANDFILLING ON DELTAIC LOWLANDS

Case of Bangkok

Case of Metro Manila

Case of Tokyo Metropolitan Area

WHEN EXCESSIVE LANDFILLING CAUSES FLOODING

CURRENT COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST FLOODING IN EACH CITY

POSSIBILITY OF MIXED LAND USESORDERED BY FIXED FILL VOLUME

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-61324-188-7

OCLC:

709889179