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

Evaluation of current policy about protected areas in Greece
O. Christopoulou; E. Kesary;

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)
J. L. Miralles i Garcia;

Merging sustainability costs and benefits with government plans and budgets
K. McGovern; L. Drennan; E. Meier;

Implementation of the EU Directive on the energy performance of buildings in Austria
R. Brandtweiner; A. Hoeltl;

Proposal for a classification method of building materials in the Italian rules concerning low energy design
F. Cumo; L. Calcagnini; G. Piras;

What will be the effects of the new European environmental legislation on innovation in the electronics sector?
S. Giesecke; T. Tötzer;

The forgotten development: a discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability
A. Sanches Pereira;

Zoning protection models and eco-development areas of Karla, Trikala and the Sporades Islands in Thessaly, Greece
E. Koutseris;

An overview of the policy and legislative framework for the management of rangelands in Botswana and implications for sustainable development
K. Mulale; W. L. Hambira;

Organisational factors in the development and implementation of sustainable urban design: a preliminary assessment of innovation within a statutory urban land development agency
G. Binder; T. Dalton;

The use of environmental sensitivity indices (ESI) maps for the evaluation of oil spill risk in Mediterranean coastlines and coastal waters
F. Gugliermetti; F. Cinquepalmi; D. Astiaso Garcia;

The BORASSUS Project: aims, objectives and preliminary insights into the environmental and socio-economic contribution of biogeotextiles to sustainable development and soil conservation
C. A. Booth; M. A. Fullen; R. W. Sarsby; K. Davies; R. Kurgan; R. Bhattacharyya; J. Poesen; T. Smets; A. Kertész; A. Tóth; Z. Szalai; G. Jakab; K. Kozma; B. Jankauskas; V. Trimirka; G. Jankauskiene; C. Bühmann; G. Paterson; E. Mulibana; J. P. Nell; G. M. E. van der Merwe; A. J. T. Guerra; J. K. S. Mendonça; T. T. Guerra; R. Sathler; Z. Yi; L. Yongmei; M. Panomtarachichigul; S. Peukrai; D. C. Thu; T. H. Cuong; T. T. Toan; F. Jonsyn-Ellis; S. Jallow; A. Cole; B. Mulholland; M. Dearlove; C. Corkhill;

Geotextile as a tool against soil erosion in vineyards and orchards
Á Kertész; A. Tóth; Z. Szalai; G. Jakab; K. Kozma; C. A. Booth; M. A. Fullen; K. Davies;

The connection between environmental awareness and socio-economic and cultural structure
B. Üstün; B. Celep;

Social capital as an explanatory variable: Explaining the differential socio-economic performance in two mountainous rural areas in Greece
P. Karametou; C. D. Apostolopoulos;

Role of globalization and sustainable engineering practice in the future civil engineering education
M. K. Jha; D. R. Lynch;

An index for sustainable development
A. Federici;

The ‘nature’ of urban sustainability: private or public greenspaces?
C. Bernardini; K. N. Irvine;

Valparaíso-Chile: towards a senior-citizen-friendly town?
G. Fadda; A. Cortés; A. Olivi;

Raising awareness of values of space for a sustainable development
I. Garofolo; E. Marchigiani;

Employment Guarantee Scheme for rural development a model of Maharashtra (India) a lesson for developing Countries
A. M. Ingle;

Rehabilitation of an important cultural and architectural heritage: the traditional adobe constructions in Aveiro district
D. Silveira; H. Varum; A. Costa;

Potential for cultural and eco-tourism in North East India: a community-based approach
P. Deb Burman; L. Cajee; D. D. Laloo;

Applicability of the contingent valuation method to cost-benefit analysis for rural parks
Y. Kunimitsu;

Welfare gains from urbanizing landscapes in Great Barrier Reef catchments? A spatial environmental-economic modelling approach
P. C. Roebeling; C. S. Fletcher; D. W. Hilbert; J. Udo;

Financial liberalisation and financial market development: the case of Tunisia
A. Kammoun; A. Trabelsi; C. Mamoghli;

Cultural clusters in the post-industrial city: the Greek experience
A. Gospodini;

Equity in density
J. S. Palmer;

Sustainable reclamation of industrial areas in urban landscapes
L. Loures; T. Panagopoulos;

The green metropolis generator: developer’s toolkit for urban landscape in the Green
J. Jonkhof; W. Timmermans; V. Kuypers;

Listening to the landscape of our cities
R. Balanzó;

Sustainable urban mobility: the role of bus priority measures
S. Basbas;

Does a sustainable development concept bring a change in transport planning? The case of the implementation of three major infrastructures in Montreal
J.-P. Thouez; P. André; Y. Bussière;

Attempts towards a sustainable motorway development in Greece
A. Kokkalis; S. Basbas;

Implementing the features 3D Multipatch for the management of territorial infrastructures
M. Caprioli; B. Figorito; A. Scognamiglio; E. Tarantino;

The interaction between road network and natural landscape type
N. Eliou; F. Kehagia;

Assessment criteria and Program of Possibilities (P.o.P.): integration of new technologies in architecture and urban planning
A. van Timmeren;

Optimization of water resources for cropping pattern under sustainable conditions through fuzzy logic system
S. S. Valunjkar;

Turning waste heat into water: a new desalination process
E. Martinson; B. Moore; D. Raviv;

Tonle Sap ecosystem water quality index development and fish production
N. T. H. Yen; K. Sunda; S. Oishi; K. Ikejima;

Water management and planning in a semi-arid country: the South African situation
J. Visser; S.-A. Verhoog;

Exhaust gas treatment technologies for pollutant emission abatement from fossil fuel power plants
E. David; V. Stanciu; C. Sandru; A. Armeanu; V. Niculescu;

Public management overview of the construction and demolition waste from the municipality of São Paulo: challenges for the development of urban sustainability
S. H. Fukurozaki; E. S. M. Seo; S. R. H. Mello-Castanho;

Municipal solid waste pre-treatment: a comparison between two dewatering options
M. Ragazzi; E. C. Rada; V. Panaitescu; T. Apostol;

Value-added utilisation of municipal waste incinerator bottom ash as lightweight aggregate in concrete
S. Bethanis;

Scenarios for RDF utilisation: reuse in technological plants or energy production
G. Genon; E. Brizio;

Scientific and informational facilities for integrated risk management at Ural contaminated industrial site, Russia
N. M. Barysheva;

There is more to recycled concrete aggregate than just aggregate
Z. A. Krezel; K. J. McManus; N. Cumbo; H. Karlie; C. Cox;

Leaching behaviour of impurities in waste gypsum board
M. Tafu; T. Chohji;

Municipal solid waste: the economic opportunity
S. Kathiravale; M. N. M. Yunus; M. P. Abu;

Sustainable tourism development and handicrafts in the developing world
H. Zargham;

Income generation from tourism in National Parks: European experience
Y. Krozer; M. Lordkipanidze; T. Bijma; F. van den Akker;

International tourism, vulnerability, and disaster capitalism
S. C. Stonich;

The relation between public services and the demand for sustainable city tourism
P. Amrusch;

Urban planning, environment and citizenship participation
O. Bragos; R. Monteverde;

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