Sustainable urban development : topics, trends and solutions / edited by Luís Bragança, Cristina Engel de Alvarez, Luisa F. Cabeza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bragança, Luis, editor.

Alvarez, Cristina Engel de, editor.

Cabeza, Luisa F., 1967- editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : IOP Publishing, [2021]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The relationship between climate change and the city / Luis Braganga

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Global warming effects

1.3. City infrastructure and services impacts

1.4. Sustainable city responsibilities

1.5. Conclusions

Bibliography

2. Project logic for the reorganization of cities in transition: a Hispanic American application / Alvaro Valverde

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Discussion of urban transition

2.3. Methodological development of the proposal

2.3.1. Purpose

2.3.2. Objectives

2.3.3. Processes, procedures, and resources

2.3.4. Project implementation

2.4. Conclusions

Additional reading

3. An urgent urban design challenge: time, sustainable mobility and the humanization of collective space / Fdtima Pereira

3.1. Time and sustainable urban mobility

3.2. Sustainable urban mobility and the humanization of collective space

3.3. Implementation and conclusions

4. New trends in urban mobility / Daniel Orellana

4.1. The role of public transport and active mobility in 21st century cities

4.2. Disruptive changes: new vehicles and innovations in information and communications technology

4.3. The influence of ICT on mobility analysis and management

4.4. Motorised mobility: trends and discussion

4.5. Trends in active mobility research

4.6. Conclusions and forthcoming challenges for 21st century cities

5. Coexistence of urban regeneration policies and sustainable mobility: reflections on, and practical cases of, urban acupuncture / Fdtima Pereira

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The benchmark for sustainable urban mobility

5.3. And the benchmark of urban regeneration

5.4. Urban acupuncture applied to sustainable urban mobility and urban regeneration

5.5. Amongst practical cases

5.6. Concluding summary

6. Tactical urbanism: collective interventions in urban public spaces / M. Augusta Hermida

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Fundamentals of tactical urbanism

6.3. Tactical urbanism around the world

6.4. Types of mobility-focused TUI

6.4.1. Sidewalk extension

6.4.2. Pedestrian crossings

6.4.3. Pedestrian plazas and parklets

6.4.4. Bikeways

6.4.5. Complete streets

6.4.6. Pedestrianisation

6.5. Methodological approaches

6.5.1. Quick build for better streets

6.5.2. Action-oriented planning

6.6. A roadmap for tactical urbanism interventions

6.6.1. Diagnostic

6.6.2. Planning and design

6.6.3. Implementation

6.6.4. Evaluation

6.6.5. Final project

6.7. Limitations and further research

6.8. Tactical urbanism and the COVID-19 pandemic

Acknowledgement

7. Seeding picoscale solutions for social macro goals: complex thinking in projects for vulnerable communities / Karina Trevisan Latosinski

7.1. Introduction

7.2. The frameworks merge

7.2.1. Framework 1: the water, energy, and food security nexus

7.2.2. Framework 2: Appropriate Technology

7.3. Projects' untangling

7.3.1. Solar-energy-based irrigation project in Campada Maria Guinea-Bissau

7.3.2. Coffee bean solar dryer and solar-energy-based irrigation projects

Jamaica

7.4. Project assessments based on theoretical approaches

7.5. Lessons learned and final remarks

Acknowledgements

8. Heritage conservation and sustainability / Ricardo Rodrigues

8.1. Sustainable development

8.2. Preservation of cultural heritage

8.3. The perspective of sustainability in heritage conservation

8.3.1. First stage: 1964 to 1972

8.3.2. Second stage: 1972 to 1990

8.3.3. Third stage: 1990 to 1999

8.3.4. Fourth stage: 1999 to 2011

8.3.5. Fifth stage: 2011 to 2014

8.3.6. Sixth stage: post-2015

8.4. Conservation as a principle for sustainability

8.5. Some additional considerations

9. The role of a detailed microclimate monitoring in developing a cultural heritage resilience plan / Anna Laura Pisello

9.1. Introduction

9.2. The importance of preserving cultural heritage sites

9.2.1. Climate change effects on CH

the role of microclimate

9.2.2. CH resilience

9.3. The role of monitoring

9.3.1. Long-term in-field environmental monitoring

9.3.2. Spatially detailed short-term environmental monitoring

9.4. Comprehensive protocols for CH resilience

9.5. Conclusions

10. Designing buildings for adaptability, flexibility and durability / Helena Gervasio

10.1. Why adaptable buildings?

10.2. Featuring adaptability in buildings

10.3. Connecting adaptability, flexibility, and durability

10.4. Models and trends

10.4.1. The `open building' movement

10.4.2. Building layering and decomposition

10.4.3. Design for resilience

10.4.4. The circular economy in buildings

10.5. Discussion and final remarks

11. Information technology and the digital transformation of building design / Ricardo Mateus

11.1. Introduction

11.2. Information technology for building sustainability

11.2.1. IT in the construction industry

11.2.2. Building information modelling

11.3. Other innovative approaches

11.4. Sustainable buildings

11.5. Research projects

11.6. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

12. Energy efficiency in the change to nearly zero-energy buildings / Cristina E. de Alvarez

12.1. Introduction

12.2. Energy consumption in buildings

12.3. Zero-energy buildings

12.4. Programs and regulations involved in the change to reduced energy consumption

12.5. Zero-energy-building examples

12.5.1. Malaysian green technology corporation

a zero-energy office

12.5.2. BedZED (Beddington zero fossil energy development)

12.6. Conclusions

13. Energy use and the implementation of renewable energy in cities / Luisa F. Cabeza

13.1. Introduction

13.2. Short general description of renewable energy sources that can be used in cities

13.2.1. Description of renewable energy sources

13.2.2. Application of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in cities

13.2.3. Other technologies that contribute to the application of renewable energy sources (RES) in cities

13.3. Discussion

13.4. Final considerations

14. The role of materials in achieving sustainability in cities / Luisa F. Cabeza

14.1. Introduction

14.2. Materials that can reduce energy demand in buildings

14.3. Materials to reduce embodied energy and embodied carbon in buildings

14.4. Materials for reducing the urban heat island

14.5. Materials for increasing circularity in cities

14.6. Conclusions and recommendations

15. Practical strategies for embodying the circular economy concept in the construction sector / Ricardo Mateus

15.1. Introduction

15.2. Theoretical background

15.3. Circular economy strategies for resources

15.4. Design for the CE

15.5. Digital practices in circular buildings

15.6. Examples of CE application in construction projects

15.7. Concluding remarks

16. Integrated actions to address the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change impacts / Nils Larsson

16.1. Introduction

16.2. The COVID-19 pandemic

16.2.1. Highlights of COVID-19 impacts

16.2.2. COVID-19 impacts on living and working

16.2.3. COVID-19 and buildings

16.2.4. COVID-19 impacts on urban transport and mobility

16.2.5. COVID-19 impacts and urban form

16.2.6. Post-pandemic recovery

16.3. Climate change

16.3.1. The drivers

16.3.2. Climate change impacts

16.4. Integrated action

16.4.1. Urgent action

16.4.2. Immediate organizational and administrative steps

16.4.3. Planning and program initiatives

16.4.4. Building design and technology initiatives

16.5. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780750339698

0750339691

OCLC:

1240492624