Sustainable Development and Planning: III
Published on 5. April 2007
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-1-84564-102-3 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, in many countries there has been, an increase in spatial problems that has led to planning crisis. Planning problems are often connected with uneven development, deterioration of the quality of urban life and destruction of the environment. The increase urbanisation of the world coupled with global issues of the environmental pollution, resource shortage and economic restructuring demand that we make our cities places worth living in. Problems of environmental management and planning are not restricted to urban areas. Environments such as rural areas, forests, coastal regions and mountains face their own problems that require urgent solutions in order to avoid irreversible damages. The use of modern technologies in planning gives us new potential to monitor and prevent environmental degradation. Effective strategies for management should consider planning and regional development, two closely related disciplines and emphasise the demand to handle these matters in an integrated way.Containing papers presented at the Third International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, this book addresses the subjects of regional development in an integrated way as well as in accordance with the principles of sustainability.
Notable topics include: Regional Planning; City Planning; Rural Development; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Management; Environmental Legislation and Policy; Integrated Territorial and Environmental Risk Analysis; Ecosystems Analysis; Protection and Remediation; Social and Cultural Issues; Environmental Economics; Geo-Informatics; Urban Landscapes; Transportation; Waste Management and Resources Management.
Notable topics include: Regional Planning; City Planning; Rural Development; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Management; Environmental Legislation and Policy; Integrated Territorial and Environmental Risk Analysis; Ecosystems Analysis; Protection and Remediation; Social and Cultural Issues; Environmental Economics; Geo-Informatics; Urban Landscapes; Transportation; Waste Management and Resources Management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84564-102-3 (9781845641023)
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Volume 1 Section 1: Regional planning Towards a sustainable spatial planning and development in Greek islands and highlands; Small size metropolitan areas: the case of Patras; Integrating ecological infrastructure in regional planning: a methodological case study from the Calgary region of Western Canada; Planning a sustainable metropolitan area: an integrated management proposal for Tijuana-Rosarito-Tecate, Mexico; Well made places: resident satisfaction in New Urban communities; Urban and regional typologies in relation to self-sufficiency strategies; Facilitating land use forecasting in planning agencies; A sustainable approach for industrial area redevelopment in the Netherlands; 'Precinct Planning and Design Standards (PPDS) in a coastal area': the development, planning and design process of a medium-sized coastal precinct incorporating community facilities and infrastructure; Application of a combined risk-based, remedial and redevelopment methodology on a former cokes plant; Risk analysis and GIS application in territorial planning and emergency management; What kind of relationship between firm size and innovation? The case of Latium's high tech enterprises Section 2: City planning Urban assets and urban sustainability: challenges, design and management; transUrban: Vauban; Aspects of sustainability in new urban developments: case study of Santa Barbara, Seville; Specification of urban planning regulation in a sustainable city; A study of the influence of the vegetation on the climatic conditions in an urban environment; Planning, crime and urban sustainability; Forms and materials used in exterior spaces and their effect on interior lighting conditions; Downsview Park: City planning through the development of a model sustainable community; Underground development in urban areas: the birth, the evolution and the perspectives of the trend; Incorporating sustainability as a primary design fundamental in residential architecture: a case study analysis of a single-family residence Section 3: Rural development Utilization of new Internet and broadband technologies in order to enhance the balanced development and to deal with the problem of "digital divide" of rural communities; Building-centred community development as a method to promote social, environmental, and economic sustainability; Authenticity versus hybridity in rural Greece; Analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion for community development in Southern Nigeria; Sustainable development of "Smixi" using environmental impact assessment; Poupanca Florestal: a case of rural sustainable development Section 4: Environmental impact assessment Methodological approach for the assessment of technological structure impact and risk; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): an exploration of synergies through development of a Strategic Environmental Framework (SEF); Evaluation of environmental performance and a way towards sustainability with LCA in the region of North Hungary; The Sustainable Process Index SPI as an engineer's tool for environmental impact assessment of processes: the sugar industry as a case study; Assessing the impact of tourism: intellectual and economic struggles and landscape changes on Kihnu island; Heavy metal concentrations in sediments of the Capibaribe River Estuary in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco-Brazil; Appraising aluminium smelters in small island developing states; Embodied energy and its impact on architectural decisions Section 5: Environmental management Examining the impact of the built environment on flood losses in Texas; Environmental monitoring of urban areas by using a remote sensor network; Environmental performance indicators: key features of some recent proposals; Comparative analysis of decision-making methodologies used in environmental planning; Monitoring urban development for environmental sustainability in Portugal; An integrated environmental impact analysis of urban land use change: a study in Yungkang, Taiwan; Old pollution abatement: priority setting; Modelling of contaminant migration in unsaturated soils; Evaluating conflict zones of air pollution in a mid-sized city; Web-HIPRE: multiattribute decision support system as a useful tool for water resources management Volume 2 Section 6: Environmental legislation and policy Evaluation of current policy about protected areas in Greece; The introduction of the sustainability in the procedures regulated for urban planning: the case of the last act on urbanism, territory and landscape in the Valencian Community Spain); Merging sustainability costs and benefits with government plans and budgets; Implementation of the EU Directive on the energy performance of buildings in Austria; Proposal for a classification method of building materials in the Italian rules concerning low energy design; What will be the effects of the new European environmental legislation on innovation in the electronics sector?; The forgotten development: a discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability; Zoning protection models and eco-development areas of Karla, Trikala and the Sporades Islands in Thessaly, Greece; An overview of the policy and legislative framework for the management of rangelands in Botswana and implications for sustainable development; Organisational factors in the development and implementation of sustainable urban design: a preliminary assessment of innovation within a statutory urban land development agency Section 7: Ecosystems analysis, protection and remediation The use of environmental sensitivity indices (ESI) maps for the evaluation of oil spill risk in Mediterranean coastlines and coastal waters; The BORASSUS Project: aims, objectives and preliminary insights into the environmental and socio-economic contribution of biogeotextiles to sustainable development and soil conservation; Geotextile as a tool against soil erosion in vineyards and orchards Section 8: Social and cultural issues The connection between environmental awareness and socio-economic and cultural structure; Social capital as an explanatory variable: Explaining the differential socio-economic performance in two mountainous rural areas in Greece; Role of globalization and sustainable engineering practice in the future civil engineering education; An index for sustainable development; The 'nature' of urban sustainability: private or public greenspaces?; Valparaiso-Chile: towards a senior-citizen-friendly town?; Raising awareness of values of space for a sustainable development; Employment Guarantee Scheme for rural development a model of Maharashtra (India) a lesson for developing Countries; Rehabilitation of an important cultural and architectural heritage: the traditional adobe constructions in Aveiro district; Potential for cultural and eco-tourism in North East India:a community-based approach Section 9: Environmental economics Applicability of the contingent valuation method to cost-benefit analysis for rural parks; Welfare gains from urbanizing landscapes in Great Barrier Reef catchments? A spatial environmental-economic modelling approach; Financial liberalisation and financial market development: the case of Tunisia Section 10: Urban landscapes Cultural clusters in the post-industrial city: the Greek experience; Equity in density; Sustainable reclamation of industrial areas in urban landscapes; The green metropolis generator: developer's toolkit for urban landscape in the Green; Listening to the landscape of our cities Section 11: Transport issues Sustainable urban mobility: the role of bus priority measures; Does a sustainable development concept bring a change in transport planning? The case of the implementation of three major infrastructures in Montreal; Attempts towards a sustainable motorway development in Greece; Implementing the features 3D Multipatch for the management of territorial infrastructures; The interaction between road network and natural landscape type Section 12: Resources management Assessment criteria and Program of Possibilities (P.o.P.): integration of new technologies in architecture and urban planning; Optimization of water resources for cropping pattern under sustainable conditions through fuzzy logic system; Turning waste heat into water: a new desalination process; Tonle Sap ecosystem water quality index development and fish production; Water management and planning in a semi-arid country: the South African situation Section 13: Waste management Exhaust gas treatment technologies for pollutant emission abatement from fossil fuel power plants; Public management overview of the construction and demolition waste from the municipality of Sao Paulo: challenges for the development of urban sustainability; Municipal solid waste pre-treatment: a comparison between two dewatering options; Value-added utilisation of municipal waste incinerator bottom ash as lightweight aggregate in concrete; Scenarios for RDF utilisation: reuse in technological plants or energy production; Scientific and informational facilities for integrated risk management at Ural contaminated industrial site, Russia; There is more to recycled concrete aggregate than just aggregate; Leaching behaviour of impurities in waste gypsum board; Municipal solid waste: the economic opportunity Section 14: Sustainable tourism Sustainable tourism development and handicrafts in the developing world; Income generation from tourism in National Parks: European experience; International tourism, vulnerability, and disaster capitalism; The relation between public services and the demand for sustainable city tourism; Urban planning, environment and citizenship participation