Book Description

The increasing urbanisation of the world, coupled with the global issues of environmental pollution, resources shortage and economic restructuring, demand that we make our cities places worth living in. However, 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 damage. The use of modern technologies in planning gives us new potential to monitor and prevent environmental degradation.

With papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, this book addresses the subjects of sustainable development and regional planning in an integrated way keeping in mind that present generations have to find the appropriate way to satisfy their needs without compromising the ability of future generations. It has become apparent that planners, environmentalists, architects, engineers, policy makers and economists have to work together in order to ensure that sustainable development and planning can be achieved. The increase in spatial problems that can be seen in many countries has lead to planning crises. Planning problems are often connected with uneven development, deterioration of the quality of urban life and environmental pollution.

Book Contents

Towards a sustainable spatial planning and development in Greek islands and highlands
E. Beriatos;

Small size metropolitan areas: the case of Patras
V. Pappas;

Integrating ecological infrastructure in regional planning: a methodological case study from the Calgary region of western Canada
M. S. Quinn; M. E. Tyler;

Planning a sustainable metropolitan area: an integrated management proposal for Tijuana-Rosarito-Tecate, Mexico
R. Rojas-Caldelas; R. Venegas-Cardoso; A. Ranfla-Gonzalez; C. Pena-Salmon;

Well made places: resident satisfaction in New Urban communities
G. Sands; L. A. Reese;

Urban and regional typologies in relation to self-sufficiency strategies
A. van Timmeren; L. C. Röling;

Facilitating land use forecasting in planning agencies
G. Pozoukidou;

A sustainable approach for industrial area redevelopment in the Netherlands
E. G. J. Blokhuis; W. F. Schaefer;

‘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
R. Moore;

Application of a combined risk-based, remedial and redevelopment methodology on a former cokes plant
P. Schrooten; A. Coopman; V. Kindt;

Risk analysis and GIS application in territorial planning and emergency management
V. Bartolozzi; L. Marceca; S. Bajardi; F. Vasile; S. Marino;

What kind of relationship between firm size and innovation? The case of Latium’s high tech enterprises
A. Federici;

Urban assets and urban sustainability: challenges, design and management
J. Eyles;

transUrban: Vauban
T. Schroepfer; L. Hee; C. Werthmann;

Aspects of sustainability in new urban developments: case study of Santa Barbara, Seville
M. López de Asiain Alberich; A. Ehrenfried; M. Sierra Hernández;

Specification of urban planning regulation in a sustainable city
E. Salehi;

A study of the influence of the vegetation on the climatic conditions in an urban environment
S. Grignaffini; A. Vallati;

Planning, crime and urban sustainability
P. Cozens;

Forms and materials used in exterior spaces and their effect on interior lighting conditions
M. Miri;

Downsview Park: City planning through the development of a model sustainable community
T. Genco;

Underground development in urban areas: the birth, the evolution and the perspectives of the trend
A. A. Mavrikos; D. C. Kaliampakos;

Incorporating sustainability as a primary design fundamental in residential architecture: a case study analysis of a single-family residence
R. J. Michal; N. V. Chalfoun;

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
C. Christodoulopoulou; J. Garofalakis; A. Koskeris; S. Michalopoulos;

Building-centred community development as a method to promote social, environmental, and economic sustainability
A. Floros Phelps; C. Torres; D. Riley; M. Horman;

Authenticity versus hybridity in rural Greece
A.-M. Theodoraki; J. Theodoraki-Patsi; P.-C. Theodoraki;

Analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion for community development in Southern Nigeria
O. D. Kolawole;

Sustainable development of “Smixi” using environmental impact assessment
A. G. Stergiadou;

Poupança Florestal: a case of rural sustainable development
S. A. P. Esteves; R. Mazon; F. C. Pereira; M. Jerozolimski;

Methodological approach for the assessment of technological structure impact and risk
G. Genon; E. Brizio;

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): an exploration of synergies through development of a Strategic Environmental Framework (SEF)
P. Cole; M. Broderick;

Evaluation of environmental performance and a way towards sustainability with LCA in the region of North Hungary
K. S. Tóth; A. Buday-Malik; T. M. Sípos; Z. István; A. Szilágyi;

The Sustainable Process Index SPI as an engineer’s tool for environmental impact assessment of processes: the sugar industry as a case study
G. Gwehenberger; M. Narodoslawsky;

Assessing the impact of tourism: intellectual and economic struggles and landscape changes on Kihnu island
P.-K. Parts; K. Sepp;

Heavy metal concentrations in sediments of the Capibaribe River Estuary in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco-Brazil
S. J. Macedo; H. K. Philippini da Silva; F. M. M. Brayner; M. M. M. B. Duarte; A. M. F. Barbosa;

Appraising aluminium smelters in small island developing states
J. Ram;

Embodied energy and its impact on architectural decisions
H. J. Holtzhausen;

Examining the impact of the built environment on flood losses in Texas
S. D. Brody; S. Zahran;

Environmental monitoring of urban areas by using a remote sensor network
V. Ferrara; G. Filice; C. M. Ottavi;

Environmental performance indicators: key features of some recent proposals
R. Langford;

Comparative analysis of decision-making methodologies used in environmental planning
S. Bakopoulou; S. Polyzos; A. Kungolos;

Monitoring urban development for environmental sustainability in Portugal
T. Fidelis;

An integrated environmental impact analysis of urban land use change: a study in Yungkang, Taiwan
H.-F. Kuo; K.-W. Tsou;

Old pollution abatement: priority setting
J. Tylcer; L. Zenaty; J. Gruntorad; R. Pavlik;

Modelling of contaminant migration in unsaturated soils
G. Siracusa; A. D. La Rosa; L. Musumeci; G. Maiolino;

Evaluating conflict zones of air pollution in a mid-sized city
J. F. G. Mendes; L. T. Silva;

Web-HIPRE: multiattribute decision support system as a useful tool for water resources management
J. Skrzypski; M. Imbierowicz;

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