The Sustainable City XIV.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Passerini, G.

Contributor:

Ricci, S.

Series:

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment ; v.249

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Southampton : WIT Press, 2020.

Summary:

Papers presented at the 14th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability address the multidisciplinary components of urban planning, the challenges presented by the increasing size of cities, the number of resources required and the complexity of modern society.

Contents:

Cover

The Sustainable City XIV

Copyright Page

Preface

Contents

Section 1: Urban strategies

Role of municipalities in the urban planning of post-oil Gulf cities: The case of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Revisiting the urban definition for the island of Mauritius

Moving towards sustainable agricultural land management and practices in Kosovo

Sustainable urbanization in Patagonia to address climate change and country NDCs: A case study of a mixed coastal urbanization project

Section 2: The community and the city

Temporary transformations to access and experience sustainable city public spaces

Humanizing the vertical city: Three strategies to bring the ground level closer to the clouds

University campus and students' emotions: The role of landscape

Section 3: Sustainable energy and the city

Sustainability through energy conservation building codes: Comparative analysis of green building regulations in the Middle East

Geographically weighted principal components analysis approach to evaluate electricity consumption behaviour

Section 4: Architectural issues

Passive strategies for energy-efficient building envelopes for housing developments in hot arid climates

Identifying the evolution of cities' architectural characters in connection to global events over time

Evaluating the legibility of complex buildings: A quantitative model for indoor wayfinding

Sustainable city geometries: Sacred geometry of ritual space, architecture and city landscape in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Section 5: Sustainable regeneration and liveable public spaces (Special session organised by M. Sepe)

Urban tools and good practices: Realizing sustainable public spaces

Green and blue infrastructures as the structure of a bioregion: The case of the Pontina bioregion.

Public spaces for sustainability of contemporary metropolises: Project themes and recurring characters for the quality of design

Poster for the soft city

Mobility for health: Designing open parks to encourage physical activity

Athens waterfront development: The public space as a means for sustainable regeneration

Section 6: Urban conservation and regeneration

Preservation of company towns in Mexico

Effects of tourism-led urban regeneration on the historical part of Tehran, Iran

Section 7: Health issues

Advancing e-health in Saudi Arabia: Calling for smart village initiatives

Relationship between urban ecosystem services and human health risks: Systematic review

Bottom-up versus top-down hands-on options for measuring GHG and pollutants in smart cities

Analysis of factors influencing bathing conditions on beaches in Niterói, Brazil

Section 8: Intelligent environment

Heritage-led ontologies: Digital platform for supporting the regeneration of cultural and historical sites

Critical approach of digital footprints to study spatial practices of urban tourist areas: A case study of Instagram data in Biarritz, France

Smartphone-based sensing: Lifestyle and mobility data interpretation by smart cities

Section 9: Planning for risk and natural hazards

Reconstruction strategies for SWMM-based campus landscape stormwater management

Visual simulation method of runoff in landscape space based on UAV tilt photography

Author index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78466-414-6

OCLC:

1227387766