Urban Sustainable Development: Re-envisioning the City of 2025

2014 ◽  
pp. 205-232
Author(s):  
Julianne Baker-Galagos ◽  
Sintana Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Políticas públicas e desenvolvimento urbano sustentável

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Rolando De LIMA ◽  
Eduardo L. KRÜGER
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
The City ◽  
Future Condition

Considerando que o processo de desenvolvimento urbano implica na multiplicação dos impactos ambientais decorrentes do assentamento humano sobre a área de influência da cidade e a existência de diretrizes de ação visando à promoção da sustentabilidade urbana na Agenda 21 brasileira, bem como nas disposições do Estatuto da Cidade, especialmente no que se refere aos objetivos da política urbana, garantia do direito a cidades sustentáveis, planejamento do desenvolvimento urbano, estudo de impacto de vizinhança e ao Plano Diretor, o trabalho aponta possibilidades de efetivação destas diretrizes e dispositivos legais no gerenciamento urbano por meio de políticas públicas locais no âmbito dos transportes, habitação e uso do solo. Tais políticas deverão estar dirigidas a objetivos ambientais definidos em função do grau de qualidade ambiental urbana presente e da eqüidade da sua distribuição espacial, visando a uma situação futura desejada. Public policies and urban sustainable development Abstract Considering that urban development is directly related to the spreading of environmental impacts caused by human settlements within city limits and the existence of directives in the Brazilian Agenda 21 regarding the promotion of urban sustainability, as well as the content of the City Statute regarding urban policies towards sustainable cities and urban planing, this study presents possibilities of implementing directives and legal measures for urban management by means of local public policies concerning transportation, habitation and land use. Such policies should be directed towards environmental objectives, defined with regard to the present urban environmental quality and spatial distribution, aiming at a desired future condition.

The Holistic Urban Planning Approach of Urban Sustainable Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
Hong Xu
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Harmonious Society ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Holistic Analysis ◽  
The City

The lacking of holistic analysis in urban planning is urgent in China. This paper start from complexity theory to analyze and study the urban development patterns in urban planning of China cities. This paper analyzes the need of holistic analysis in the process of urban planning. This need is very important for the current process of urban modernization and the building of harmonious society in China. As discussed in this paper, we must make an effort to improve urban planning by virtue of choosing a very clear direction according to the nature of urban planning. From the perspective of different disciplines to understand the city and urban planning, we can able to make a complex system of our city and complex understanding of things deviation reduced, and finally effectively promote the development of the city.

Study on Urban Sustainable Development Based on System Dynamics

2014 ◽  
Vol 587-589 ◽  
pp. 171-175
Author(s):  
Jian Ping Li ◽  
Han Ming Duan ◽  
Min Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
System Dynamics Model ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
The Status ◽  
City System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

A system dynamics model of urban sustainable development is provided, and the impact of different development modes on the city system is explored. Statistical data of Yinchuan, a city in northwest China, is utilized to build the model which shows the population-economy- environment relationship. Four development modes are proposed, and they are maintaining the status quo, developing secondary industry, developing tertiary industry, developing economy and society together. The system dynamics model is employed to analyze the interaction between population, economy and environment. According to simulation of the system dynamics model, impact of development modes on the city system is predicted. Furthermore, suggestions on improving the sustainability of urban development are put forward. In a word, the paper presents a new idea for the study on urban sustainable development in northwest China.

scholarly journals Assessment of Urban Ecological Quality and Spatial Heterogeneity Based on Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Rapid Urbanization of Wuhan City

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 4440
Author(s):  
Jingye Li ◽  
Jian Gong ◽  
Jean-Michel Guldmann ◽  
Jianxin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Ecological Quality ◽  
City Center ◽  
Wuhan City ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
The City

Rapid urbanization significantly affects the productivity of the terrestrial ecosystem and the foundation of regional ecosystem services, thereby detrimentally influencing the ecological environment and urban ecological security. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also require accurate and timely assessments of where people live in order to develop, implement and monitor sustainable development policies. Sustainable development also emphasizes the process of protecting the ecological environment for future generations while maintaining the current needs of mankind. We propose a comprehensive evaluation method for urban ecological quality (UEQ) using Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI/TIRS images to extract remote sensing information representing four ecological elements, namely humidity, greenness, heat and dryness. An improved comprehensive remote sensing ecological index (IRSEI) evaluation model is constructed by combining the entropy weight method and principal component analysis. This modeling is applied to the city of Wuhan, China, from 1995 to 2020. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was conducted on the geographic clusters of the IRSEI. The results show that (1) from 1995 to 2015, the mean IRSEI of Wuhan city decreased from 0.60 to 0.47, indicating that environmental deterioration overwhelmed improvements; (2) the global Moran’s I for IRSEI ranged from 0.535 to 0.592 from 1995 to 2020, indicating significant heterogeneity in its spatial distribution, highlighting that high and low clusters gradually developed at the edge of the city and at the city center, respectively; (3) the high clusters are mainly distributed in the Huangpi and Jiangxia districts, and the low clusters at the city center, which exhibits a dense population and intense human activity. This paper uses remote sensing index methods to evaluate UEQ as a scientific theoretical basis for the improvement of UEQ, the control of UEQ and the formulation of urban sustainable development strategies in the future. Our results show that the UEQ method is a low-cost, feasible and simple technique that can be used for territorial spatial control and spatiotemporal urban sustainable development.

scholarly journals Assesment of urban sustainable development: example of Rezekne city

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Lienīte Litavniece
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
Mutual Relations ◽  
The City

<p>Since 90s of the 20<sup>th</sup> century sustainable development has become a global issue which is receiving increasing attention. Successful sustainable development is only possible from the bottom to the top, which means that the human and environmental mutual relations must be taken into account not only on a global scale as a whole, but also focus on the much smaller territorial units.</p><p>The role of the city as the administrative territorial unit has significantly increased in recent years, the acknowledgment for that can be found in the European Union Cohesion Policy, polycentric development policy, spatial planning policy, etc., in the figures of the rapid population growth in urban areas, about joining of separate scientific disciplines in order to study current issues in the cities.</p><p>In sustainable development studies special attention is paid to mega cities or capitals, which have the most significant impact on the environment, based on certain key indicators - CO2 emissions, the amount of municipal solid waste generated in cities, etc.</p><p>The planning documents, that provide a picture of the specific urban sustainable development priorities, play an important role in ensuring sustainable development.</p><p>The aim of the article is to explore the sustainable development strategies of the city of Rezekne for 2013-2030 in conformity with the five dimensions of sustainable development and to assess the development possibilities of Rezekne.</p><p>During the study the sustainable development strategy of Rezekne for 2013-2030 was evaluated, strategic aims, long-term priorities, and actions were established. As a result, it was concluded that they meet all five dimensions of sustainable development, but in the strategy for these actions, it is necessary to focus on the essence of the concept of sustainable development, that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs [1].</p><p>The evaluation of current performance shows that the strategy of planned targets may not materialize and as a result have a significant impact on sustainable development, so it is necessary to make appropriate adjustments in the operational plans.</p>

ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING ELEMENTS AS A FACTOR OF URBAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Elvira A. GROMILINA ◽  
Vitaly A. SAMOGOROV
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Components ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Cities are complex systems consisting of capital objects (architectural objects, transport system and other infrastructural systems), state and non-state institutions, social and economic processes, people (in their various aspects and types of activities), also natural components (topography, hydrography, climate). The article discusses issues related to these specifi c aspects and the relationship between the elements of the architectural and planning structure of the city as a space and a system. Within the framework of the study, a morphological analysis of planning and development was carried out using the example of Samara in the context of sustainable development in order to identify and systematize universal urban elements.

scholarly journals Water-energy-food nexus in urban sustainable development: an agent-based model

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guijun Li ◽  
YongSheng Wang ◽  
Daohan Huang ◽  
Hongtao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how to effectively allocate water, energy and food (WEF) resources in urban development. Design/methodology/approach An agent-based model combined with NetLogo simulation model has been used in this paper. Findings This paper proposes a framework for agent analysis in urban WEF consumption. Research limitations/implications Further discussions using empirical data are of great importance. Practical implications Apply to form the development model of the city in the future. Originality/value A new method of WEF management has been used at the city level.

Thematic structure of the GIS database Khabarovsk city protected areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 961 (7) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
G.Y. Morozova ◽  
I.D. Debelaia
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
City Area ◽  
Gis Database ◽  
The City

Protected areas are key elements of the green infrastructure and ecological framework of cities. They have multifunctional significance as centers of investment attractiveness. The percentage of protected zones in the city’s total area is an indicator of its sustainable development. Their total area in Khabarovsk is 567.8 ha (1.5% of the city area)

scholarly journals Activating Data through Eco-Didactic Design in the Public Realm: Enabling Sustainable Development in Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4577
Author(s):  
Carmela Cucuzzella ◽  
Morteza Hazbei ◽  
Sherif Goubran
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Based Design ◽  
The City

This paper explores how design in the public realm can integrate city data to help disseminate the information embedded within it and provide urban opportunities for knowledge exchange. The hypothesis is that such art and design practices in public spaces, as places of knowledge exchange, may enable more sustainable communities and cities through the visualization of data. To achieve this, we developed a methodology to compare various design approaches for integrating three main elements in public-space design projects: city data, specific issues of sustainability, and varying methods for activating the data. To test this methodology, we applied it to a pedogeological project where students were required to render city data visible. We analyze the proposals presented by the young designers to understand their approaches to design, data, and education. We study how they “educate” and “dialogue” with the community about sustainable issues. Specifically, the research attempts to answer the following questions: (1) How can we use data in the design of public spaces as a means for sustainability knowledge exchange in the city? (2) How can community-based design contribute to innovative data collection and dissemination for advancing sustainability in the city? (3) What are the overlaps between the projects’ intended impacts and the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Our findings suggest that there is a need for such creative practices, as they make information available to the community, using unconventional methods. Furthermore, more research is needed to better understand the short- and long-term outcomes of these works in the public realm.

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