Sustainable Development and Planning: v. 2

Section 1: City planning Sustainable urban freight policies in the Netherlands: a survey; Sustainable cities: an integrated strategy for sustainable urban design; The optimum density for the sustainable city: the case of Athens; The transformation of residential patterns in Al-Ain City, UAE; Spatial conditions for the integration of combined decentralised energy generation and waste(water) management in city districts; Urban model for a crowded planet - vision42; Ecourbanism: designing a 'green' city; A land-use transition model based on building lots considering the steady state of locations and inconstancy of transition; Urban compactness and its progress towards sustainability: the Hong Kong scenario; Growth management of the cities as a function of sustainable development of the Serbia Region; Exploring changes in land use, population, transport and economics with CAST; An analysis of sustainability and urban sprawl in an Algerian oasis city; Sustainability strategies in North American cities; Sharpening census information in GIS to meet real-world conditions: the case for Earth Observation; Survey on the transition in urban retailing space from the evolution of location choice by applying information technologies; Homes for the future - accommodating one-person households the sustainable way; Towards a sustainable and tourism-led urban regeneration objective: Eminonu historical city core; The operative process in sustainable urban planning; Building regulations based on sustainable principles in Italy: state of the art and trends; Criteria for choosing tunnels as a possible corridor for urban public installations; Ningbo - a new sustainable city for China; Underground development: a path towards sustainable cities; Residential palimpsest: a novel dimension to city sustainability Section 2: Environmental impact assessment Quantitative approaches to landscape spatial planning: clues from landscape ecology; Estimating the environmental risk of construction activities on the ecological receptors along the Egyptian Red Sea coast; Dealing with uncertainty - integrated sustainability assessment based on Fuzzy Logic; Environmental and hazard perception: a case study of a periurban area of Central Portugal; Tailoring the precautionary principle to pharmaceuticals in the environment: accounting for experts' concerns; Applying a CBA model to assess the Three Gorges Project in China; Environmental impact assessment as a step to sustainable tourism development Section 3: Environmental legislation and policy Planning for safety: a sustainable interface between chemical sites and urban development, European experiences and perspectives; To control or not to control? The role of sustainable planning in order to accommodate informal brickyards in the integrated development plan of the Mangaung Municipality; Integrating environmental issues into the Portuguese planning system - 10 years of emerging challenges and persistent problems; A conceptual device for framing sustainability in project development and evaluation; Economic analysis of an environmental policy instrument for basins protection in Colombia; Economic instruments for environmental control: perspectives; Management of noise in the case of infrastructure works Section 4: Environmental management Planning and management of protected areas in Greece; Land use planning around high-risk industrial sites: the factors that affect decision-making; State of the art of environmental management; The effects of urbanization on the natural drainage patterns and the increase of urban floods: case study Metropolis of Mashhad-Iran; The role of environment in sustainable development and its relation with development management; Environmental management and planning in urban regions - are there differences between growth and shrinkage?; Can we plan to protect our environment? Spreading urbanization in the State of Louisiana; The role of soil organic matter content in soil conservation and carbon sequestration studies: case studies from Lithuania and the UK; The 'Sefton Coast Partnership': an overview of its integrated coastal zone management; Collaboration between researchers and practitioners within the context of Integrated Coastal Zone Management: a case study of the north Sefton coast; Application of P-S-R framework on the sustainable utilization of shallow artificial lakes management; Asset management for environmental infrastructure; The global sustainable development with emphasis on sustainable ecotourism; Challenges in the environmental management of post-military land conversion Section 5: Waste management Multicriteria evaluation of alternative wastewater treatment processes at municipality level; Environmental diagnosis methodology for municipal waste landfills as a tool for planning and decision-making process; Economic evaluation of small capacity domestic wastewater processing units in provincial or rural areas; Medical waste management in Greece: the case of Thessaly region; Potential for construction waste minimisation through design; Vinyl 2010: the European PVC industry's approach to sustainability; Wood production utilizing raw sewage in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico; Alleviation of environmental health impacts through an ecosystem approach - a case study on solid waste management in Dhaka City; The PVC industry's contribution to sustainability in the building and construction sector; Dynamic modelling software for the analysis of different waste valorization scenarios in the cement production process: a new step on sustainability; Waste statistics surveys; Development of fuel briquettes from oil palm wastes Section 6: Resources management Potential assessment of the use of the green energy to meet the electricity demand in a land aquafarm; Sustainable management of human water consumption: a preliminary case study in North-eastern Portugal; Updating the institutional debate in sustainable water management and planning; Beyond weights and discounting: decision analysis tools for integrated planning; Means to ends: success attributes of regional NRM; Aspromonte National Park: a study of the energy flows as a support tool for the sustainable management of protected areas; Urumiyeh, a unique lake exposed to danger: challenges and sustainable approaches; Carrying capacity assessment of Slovene Istria for tourism; The role of industries in air pollution and guidelines: a case study of the city of Tabriz; The Solar D House; Computational model base planning approach for integrated resource management with case study; A computational model based planning approach for integrated resource management with a case study; The areal distribution of applied water above and below soil surface under center pivot sprinkler irrigation system; Towards integrated water resources management in Armenia Section 7: Geo-informatics Technology based on distributed GIS tools: an approach for sustainable planning; A GIS-based multicriteria model for the evaluation of territorial accessibility; GIS and RS integrated application system for sustainable development of China's coastal zone and offshore; Early warning method for rice production using remote sensing and meteorological data: Photosynthetic Crop Production Index; A landform classification method with G.I.S. for landscape visual analysis purposes; Section 8: Transportation Traffic demand reduction strategies: the potential role of Park and Ride; A model for assessing land use impacts on driving costs; A sensitivity analysis of user's choices to evaluate urban mobility government policies; Demand modelling by combining disaggregate and aggregate data: an application to a displacement scenario for the Mount Vesuvius area; Improving the accessibility of employment and training opportunities for rural young unemployed; Effects of a new inter-city railway infrastructure on transport mode competition; Accessibility calculations in six Swedish towns; Feasibility study of express railway line construction in Lithuania; Design of a sustainable and accessible environment in central areas; Roundabouts and traffic emissions at crossroads; Can public transport interchanges be positive urban environments in the developing world context?; Urban traffic noise impact zones as brownfields; Empirical analysis of urban transport demand of young people and prospects of sustainable transport policies; Is Hong Kong transport sustainable?; An elastic and continuum model of transportation Section 9: Ecosystems analysis, protection and remediation Sustainable planning at the urban fringe: examining the factors influencing nonconforming development patterns in southern Florida; An ecological network for the Oporto metropolitan area; Local Agenda 21 and protected areas: the case of the Biosphere Reserve of Urdaibai in the Basque Country; Conserving biodiversity: the experience of Singapore Section 10: Regional planning The dwelling "margin" and housing density: design considerations for sustainable multifamily housing sites; Futures tools for regional development; Barriers to sustainable suburbs; Partnership between land-use planners and scientists to reduce landslide hazards; Alternative future growth scenarios for Utah's Wasatch Front: identifying future conflicts between development and the protection of environmental quality and public health; The study of passenger transportation markets and their distribution among various transport facilities in Lithuania; Urban and regional typologies in relation to self-sufficiency aiming strategies; Dialogue system of decision-making for sustainable planning in river basin improvement; Developing a sustainable community - the challenges of new planning methodologies in the re-invention of public open space in Canada; Regional development in the islands of Kos and Rhodes: a study of sustainable financial opportunities; New challenges for regional development in Estonia - the case of Parnu city region; People in the pixel: towards grid-based population modelling; The sustainable location of low-income housing development in South African urban areas Section 11: Rural development Land use evaluation and planning for integrated rural development (the case of a Hellenic region); Integrated risk response techniques in emergency situations: "the Mozambique floods case simulations"; The system of rural service rating in Mashhad county (the second metropolis of Iran) Section 12: A multidisciplinary approach to territorial and environmental risk assessment and management Flooding hazards in northern Italy: two case studies; The management of territorial risks: which integration between planning instruments, evaluation tools, and certification procedures; Research and definition of an integrated territorial risk management system; Seismic and landslide risk analysis at Toscolano Maderno; The atypical assessment of risk and disaster management in municipalities that have Seveso II production and storage sites on their territory; Territorial vulnerability and local risks Section 13: Social and cultural issues Social impact assessment of technological water projects; When the city invades the countryside - cultural-historical environments in spatial planning; The Wadden Sea Forum: the relevance of stakeholder participation for sustainable planning; Native vs exotic: cultural discourses about flora, fauna and belonging in Australia; Gender assessment - a new era in Egypt's water management; Intra-metropolitan inequalities in Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay Cleaning Programme; Evaluating a new participatory planning approach for sustainable landscape development in Switzerland - participatory techniques and social effects of Landscape Development Concepts (LDC); Sustainability, urban regeneration and social inclusion; Territorial functioning, victimisation and fear of crime: a comparative study of high and low crime rate estates; Development of design criteria for economically viable sustainable housing in Gauteng, South Africa; Social justice in a traditional Muslim built environment: the case of non-Muslim communities in Cordoba, Spain; Gender and interest in ICT - a current Australian study; Behavioral assessment of online education; Integration of science and art in architectural studies in the information era; Resident attitudes towards tourism in a destination in the stagnation stage of the tourism life cycle; Sustainability of adventure tourism: the economic highway; The integration of Computer Aided Design for the sustainable design of affordable houses in Kuala Juru, Penang, Malaysia; An integrated model for cultural events; ISHTAR Suite: an advanced software tool for the assessment of short and long term measures for improving the quality of life in the urban environment; The House of Bahrain Press Heritage Section 14: Urban landscapes Landscape transformations in the postmodern inner city: clustering flourishing economic activities and 'glocalising' morphologies; The present and the future of the Greek urban landscape; Urban landscape transformations: the case of architecture; Structural change, cultural heritage and place; Public participatory landscape design for Beigu Hill wetland; The PlaceMaker: a flexible and interactive tool to support the sustainable city construction and transformation; Greece in the face of the new EU dynamics at the dawn of the new millennium - a demographic-developmental plan; Transforming landscapes of abandonment: changing perception of low demand housing areas in Newcastle Gateshead, U.K.; Sustaining the cultural landscape in the city of Bath, Maine; Transformations in the night-time economy in English town centres: challenges to management; Multifunctional landscapes for urban flood control in developing countries; The role of spatial layout in revitalizing the inner shopping area of the city: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as a case study; Spatial analysis of visual environmental information in urban landscapes: attempting to detect homogeneous areas through a GIS