On Innovative Sustainable City Architecture Models for Sustainable Cities in Asia or in Europe

2015 ◽  
pp. 171-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabnam Yazdani Mehr ◽  
Abdelnaser Omran
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Sustainable City

scholarly journals Measuring Disability Inclusion Performance in Cities Using Disability Inclusion Evaluation Tool (DIETool)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataša Rebernik ◽  
Marek Szajczyk ◽  
Alfonso Bahillo ◽  
Barbara Goličnik Marušić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Political ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Technical Developments

Cities are exposed to a growing complexity, diversity and rapid socio-technical developments. One of the greatest challenges is as of how to become fully inclusive to fit the needs of all their citizens, including those with disabilities. Inclusive city, both in theory and practice, still lacks attention. Even in the context of ambitious contemporary concepts, such as smart and sustainable city, the question remains: Do smart and sustainable cities consider inclusiveness of all their inhabitants? Among numerous evaluation systems that measure city’s smartness, sustainability or quality of life, those tackling inclusion are very rare. Specifically, disability inclusion is hardly covered. This may be one of the reasons why cities struggle with applying disability inclusion to practice in a holistic and integrative way. This paper proposes a Disability Inclusion Evaluation Tool (DIETool) and Disability Inclusion Performance Index (DIPI), designed to guide cities through a maze of accessibility and disability inclusion related requirements set within the political, legislative and standardization frameworks. The testing in two European cities shows that the tool is beneficial for providing diagnosis as to how disability friendly a city is, and as such offers an opportunity for designing informed corrective measures towards disability inclusive city design.

Citizen Participation in Smart Sustainable Cities

2022 ◽  
pp. 967-987
Author(s):  
Ezgi Seçkiner Bingöl
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Participation Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
City Literature

Citizen participation and sustainability are two main concepts used in the definitions in the smart city literature. Citizen participation is often used within the context of improving good governance in smart cities. Its relationship with sustainability is seldomly discussed. This study analyses the relationship between the concepts of smart city, smart sustainable city, and citizen participation, and discusses how citizen participation is shaped in smart sustainable cities. In light of this analysis, seven types of citizen participation mechanisms are studied. The findings of the study reveal that sustainability in smart cities is only considered within the framework of environmental matters, while citizen participation is only considered as a mechanism aimed at supporting good governance. The study recommends using these participation mechanisms to highlight other aspects of sustainability such as securing comprehensiveness, alleviating poverty, promoting gender equality and to focus on other aspects of citizen participation such as real participation and democratic effectiveness.

Theoretical Analysis of the Concept of a Sustainable City

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mou WANG ◽  
Junyan LIU
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The City

This paper systematically presents the information about a sustainable city and the process of putting forward, developing and evolving the concept, and it provides an analysis of some current main views in the studies of sustainable cities. In this paper, it is argued that the construction of a sustainable city should not be carried out simply by bringing the concept of sustainable development down to the city level; sustainable development should be more materialized, scenario focused, and localized at the city level, and it should be internalized into the various dimensions of the construction of a city at the special temporal and spatial scales of a city. Based on literature reviews, this paper holds that there are three drawbacks in the current understanding of a sustainable city, mainly including: First, emphasis is placed on the internal equilibrium of a city, but no attention is paid to the negative environmental externalities of other cities or areas and the compensation for them; second, the ultimate goal of sustainable development — achieving equilibrium — is excessively stressed, while the embodiment of the stages of development and regional differences in the goal of sustainable development is overlooked; third, the form of the city is a key indicator for building a sustainable city, but this indicator is basically unavailable in the current definitions of sustainable cities. The definition and theory of a sustainable city should fully reflect the temporal and spatial nodes of differentiation in a sustainable city and the dynamic relationship of equilibrium between the systems of a city and the surrounding areas; its definition and theory should also realistically address the urban needs and the practice of the sustainable development of a city. Based on a comprehensive analysis, this paper stresses that a sustainable city is a city in which the form of the city is scientifically designed in line with a certain social and economic development level, and environmental conditions in order to optimize the internal and external functions, improve the system of urban governance, achieve a dynamic equilibrium among economic development, environmental safety, resource utilization and social equity, continuously enhance its capability for coping with risks, make it more livable, and provide positive externalities in perspectives of economy, environment and social governance for other cities.

Strategic Directions in European Sustainable City Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 868-889
Author(s):  
Nemanja Backović ◽  
Vesna Milićević ◽  
Adam Sofronijevic
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
City Management ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
City Growth ◽  
Strategic Approach

Initiatives for development of sustainable cities require complex and long term managerial approach in order to succeed. Strategic approach to this challenge is of special interest in European environment where certain cultural and economic features create specific framework for long term development of sustainable cities. This chapter presents and analyzes several strategic directions important for management of sustainable cities in Europe. Based on in-depth literary review and Internet research, culture diversity, innovativeness and flexibility of sustainable city economy and civic initiatives integrated in urban growth are pinpointed as major strategic influencers on sustainable city growth in Europe.

Strategic Directions in European Sustainable City Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 1583-1604
Author(s):  
Nemanja Backović ◽  
Vesna Milićević ◽  
Adam Sofronijevic
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
City Management ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
City Growth ◽  
Strategic Approach

Initiatives for development of sustainable cities require complex and long term managerial approach in order to succeed. Strategic approach to this challenge is of special interest in European environment where certain cultural and economic features create specific framework for long term development of sustainable cities. This chapter presents and analyzes several strategic directions important for management of sustainable cities in Europe. Based on in-depth literary review and Internet research, culture diversity, innovativeness and flexibility of sustainable city economy and civic initiatives integrated in urban growth are pinpointed as major strategic influencers on sustainable city growth in Europe.

scholarly journals A Partially Non-Compensatory Method to Measure the Smart and Sustainable Level of Italian Municipalities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
Andrea Ciacci ◽  
Enrico Ivaldi ◽  
Reyes González-Relaño
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Distance Method ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Urban Characteristics ◽  
Anthropic Pressure

A smart sustainable city (SSC) is a paradigm that encapsulates the latest lines of development in multiple fields of research. The attempt to converge towards a model of sustainable urban life, made difficult by increasing anthropic pressure and polluting activities conducted by man, is also reflected in the intentions of public institutions to take measures of environmental risk mitigation. The change towards more liveable cities must also include the adoption of more far-reaching measures in various sectors. The objective of our work was to provide an analysis in order to assess which of the Italian provincial municipalities were most closely related to the paradigm of SSCs. This aim was pursued through a comparison based on the results of a partially non-compensatory quantitative method, known as the Pena’s Distance method (DP2). The smartest and most sustainable cities, such as Siena, Milan and Padua, were not identified on the basis of common urban characteristics but rather derived from the combination of distinctive and functional elements in the pursuit of a strategic approach aimed at fully exploiting the resources of each area. Moreover, at a macro-geographical level, from the analysis emerged the presence of contiguous clusters, i.e., areas in which a major concentration of smart sustainable municipalities tended to form.

SMART SUSTAINABLE CITIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Egine A. KARAGULIAN ◽  
Maria V. BATYREVA
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Sustainable City

A review of the literature on the theory and practice of creating smart cities shows that there is no common understanding of the concept of a smart city, as well as the goals of its creation. The concept of a smart sustainable city has been gaining popularity in recent years and is being actively implemented in various countries. It is considered as a means of solving social, economic, and environmental problems caused by urbanization. The Nordic countries have achieved the greatest success in its implementation. The purpose of the article is to analyze the existing theories on the concept of smart sustainable cities, as well as the most successful experience of their creation in the Nordic countries. This analysis will allow us to determine the most optimal technologies for implementation in Russian practice. The methodological approach of this study includes a systematic review of the literature on smart cities, with an emphasis on those that focus on conceptual development and provide an empirical database. The review shows that the literature reveals three types of driving forces of smart sustainable cities. These are technologies, communities, and public policy which are associated with such areas of their development as improving the population welfare and the life quality in cities, productivity, and efficiency of their functioning and management. But this experience is not taken into account in the development of Russian programs for creating smart cities. The article presents a comprehensive study of the experience of Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland in creating smart sustainable cities, digitalizing the economy of countries, and at the same time in achieving the goals of sustainable development.

In Search of Indicators for Assessing Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities' Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Stratigea ◽  
Akrivi Leka ◽  
Maria Panagiotopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
City Development ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Support Policy

The goal of the paper is to elaborate on sustainability aspects of smart sustainable urban environments. More specifically, at a first step the paper aims at critically reviewing globally initiated state-of-the-art approaches for assessing smart cities' performance as to sustainability objectives. The scope of this effort is to identify sets of indicators used in different approaches as well as convergence/divergence among them. Secondly, an attempt to integrate different indicator sets into a more enriched and coherent indicator system is carried out which, by effectively embedding smart and sustainable city development into sustainability indicators' sets, can be used by various types of cities' examples. Finally, the rationale of the indicators' selection process is depicted, in order to support policy makers and planners' guidance towards choosing an appropriate, city-specific set of sustainability indicators for carrying out relevant assessments.

scholarly journals A SUSTAINABLE CITY IN THE CONTEXT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Šlogar ◽  
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Goran Bandov ◽  
Tomislav Čakanić ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Population ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Communities ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Plan ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Paradigm ◽  
The City

The concept of sustainable cities is based on a development paradigm that recognizes the rapid growth of urban population and makes an important contribution by forming a global urban plan. Sustainable city is organized in order to emphasize the importance of people and their needs. This paper will define what sustainable city is and show how certain innovative elements have been introduced in Copenhagen in order to achieve city sustainability. In that regard, an overview of innovative urban solutions in the context of environmental protection will be given. A comparative analysis of the achievement of the SDG 11 objective - Sustainable Cities and Sustainable Communities in Copenhagen will be carried out in relation to the other European Union capitals. The aim of this research is to determine whether Copenhagen is a sustainable city and how sustainable cities contribute to promoting the sustainable development goals. Finally, proposals will be made to achieve those objectives for other cities, based on the results achieved by the City of Copenhagen.

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