The New Urban Agenda and the Value of Sustainable Urbanization

2020 ◽  
pp. 271-304
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Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
New Urban Agenda

scholarly journals Our commitment to implement contents related to public space included in the New Urban Agenda adopted at the UN Habitat III conference

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Luisa Bravo ◽  
Mirko Guaralda
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
New Urban Agenda

<p>On the 20<sup>th</sup> October 2016, at the United Nations Habitat III conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, held in Quito, Ecuador, the New Urban Agenda (NUA) was adopted, providing a 20-year framework on how cities should be planned and managed to best promote sustainable urbanization globally. The document, as reported by Dr. Joan Clos, Secretary-General of the conference and Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), should be seen as an extension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed by 193 Member States of the United Nations in September 2015.<br />After the first conference in Vancouver (1976) and the second in Istanbul (1996), the third Habitat major summit to discuss the future of cities was attended by around 36.000 people from 167 different countries.<br />We officially launched The Journal of Public Space at the Habitat III Urban Library on the 19<sup>th </sup>October 2016, during a talk with our partners from UN Habitat Public Space Programme, Laura Petrella and Cecilia Andersson, and with our supporting partner at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hendrik Tieben. The talk was very well received and was attended by more than 90 people. Interest in our new journal was high, many attendees have voiced the need of an independent, free and accessible platform to share ideas, researches, experiences and strategies to design, manage and appropriate public spaces.<br />Public space, as a topic of research, still fascinates and challenges several academics, but often bottom-up tactics by community groups are the most incredible example of how people are always passionate about their cities and their environment. What was evident in Quito, is how academia, industry and community groups would highly benefit in working together and discussing together about public spaces.</p>

The new urban agenda

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Latham
Keyword(s):  
New Urban Agenda

scholarly journals Sustainable Urbanization Synergy Degree Measures—A Case Study in Henan Province, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leilei Jiao ◽  
Fumin Deng ◽  
Xuedong Liang
Keyword(s):  
Henan Province ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization

NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT BUILDINGS AND CITIES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Widera
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
End User ◽  
Material Consumption ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
And Performance

The paper addresses the topic of nature-based solutions applied in the architectural and urban design. These ideas are analyzed in the context of the opportunities they create for the humanity in terms of the sustainable growth and environmental protection. Nature-based solutions are inherently taken from nature. The first part of the paper presents their tremendous potential to be energy and resource-efficient, and resilient to change. In the second part of the research particular concepts driven from nature (copied form nature or inspired by nature) proposed for the buildings and cities are described and evaluated. The author discusses their functional usefulness, spatial appropriateness, adaptation to local conditions, end-user comfort, environmental benefits and the possibility of duplication. Nature-based solutions applied in urban planning can make cities more climate resilient and contribute to ecosystems restoration. The paper describes how sustainable urbanization can stimulate economic growth, make cities more attractive and enhance well-being of the inhabitants. It is also explained how particular buildings can benefit from the concepts driven from nature e.g. by increasing their energy efficiency and performance in terms of raw material consumption. In purpose to properly response to the climate challenge, humanity has to establish a new kind of partnership with nature. Using nature-based solutions should be considered as an important part of this approach. The concepts presented in this paper show some of the most promising options, such as integration of living systems with built systems and innovative combinations of soft and hard engineering. In conclusion some of the most promising nature-based solutions for climate resilient buildings and cities are indicated

Managing urban nutrient biogeochemistry for sustainable urbanization

2014 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 244-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Lin ◽  
Valerie Gibson ◽  
Shenghui Cui ◽  
Chang-Ping Yu ◽  
Shaohua Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Urbanization

scholarly journals A lessons mining system for searching references to support decision making towards sustainable urbanization

2019 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 451-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhuan Wang ◽  
Liyin Shen ◽  
Yitian Ren ◽  
J. Jorge Ochoa ◽  
Zhenhua Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mining System ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
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