scholarly journals Effects of urban development in microclimatic conditions in Thessaloniki

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 840-855
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Geometry ◽  
Microclimatic Conditions ◽  
The City

<p>The urban planning, the buildings and covering materials of all surfaces, the distance between adjacent constructions, the height and the orientation of the buildings are some of the factors which affect the sustainable conditions in the city.</p> <p>This paper presents a project that aims at investigating the influence of urban developments in microclimatic conditions. The purpose of the research is to investigate how the characteristics of built environment contribute the microclimatic conditions. The investigation was carried out in the urban center of Thessaloniki, Greece The urban geometry, the position and the height of the building inside the urban canyon, the orientation are factors that influence the surface temperature and microclimatic conditions (air temperature, wind speed, wind direction).&nbsp; The results of the investigation could contribute at the urban planning and the sustainable development of the contemporary cities.</p>

scholarly journals Urban-planning analysis of the project of infill development in terms of sustainable development of the city

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 03014
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Popova ◽  
Irina Ptuhina
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Infill Development ◽  
Land Usage ◽  
The City

This study is devoted to two pressing problems of Russian urban development: infill development and sustainable development of territories. The authors put forward the concept of assessing effectiveness of land usage, based on urban-planning standards, which is substantiated relationship between planning parameters and sustainable development of the city. The authors also considered the project of residential infill development, and proposed alternative options for planning solutions that are more consistent with current regulations.

SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: THE FRAMEWORK AND DIRECTORY OF ASSESSMENT METHODS

2002 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 171-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK DEAKIN ◽  
STEVE CURWELL ◽  
PATRIZIA LOMBARDI
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Concerted Action ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Environmental Capacity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Action Programme ◽  
The City

Sustainable development is an issue that has attracted a considerable amount of academic interest since the publication of the Brundtland Report. With Agenda 21, it is an issue which has also found its way into the policy and action programmes of the European Commission. For Europe and its member states, the issue has become one of sustainable urban development and this paper reports on the interim findings of a concerted action programme undertaken to foreground the urban question, develop a framework for the analysis of sustainable development and compile a directory of methods to assess the sustainability of urban development. It classifies the assessment methods in question and goes on to map their applications across the sustainable development issues represented in the framework for analysis. Having done this, the paper goes on to set out how the said methods are being used to build the environmental capacity that is needed for the city of tomorrow to carry its cultural heritage and develop forms of human settlement which are sustainable.

scholarly journals Infrastructure and Ecology as Important Systems for Sustainable Urban Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4219-4223
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
World Population ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
New Vision ◽  
The City

A new vision of the global needs of mankind is embodied in the concept of sustainable development, which means meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability to meet their needs by future generations. Today, more than half of the world population lives in cities, the development of which is influenced by many interdependent factors, so there is a need for a clear and holistic approach to sustainable urban development. The aim of this paper is to study urban infrastructure in the aspect of its greening as an important component of the sustainable development system of the city. The paper analyzes the academic literature on the problem of greening urban infrastructure as the basis for sustainable development of the city. The determination of the main elements of green infrastructure and technologies in the field of green infrastructure in foreign countries has been carried out. Particularly significant action strategies for cities have been identified as part of a sustainable development policy.

scholarly journals Sustainable Urban Development System Measurement Based on Dissipative Structure Theory, the Grey Entropy Method and Coupling Theory: A Case Study in Chengdu, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qunxi Gong ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Xianli Zhao ◽  
Zhigeng Ji
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Dissipative Structure ◽  
Central City ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Coupling Theory ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The City

With the rapid advancement of urbanization, the sustainable development of the city has received more and more attention. The measurement of the sustainable development of a city can provide an important reference for the development of the city. Therefore, this paper firstly constructs an index system for five dimensions: society, the economy, the environment, resources, and technology. Then, a sustainable development measurement model is established based on dissipative structure theory, grey entropy and coupling theory, and the evolution trend and coordinated development of the city are measured. Finally, Chengdu, an important central city in the western region of China, is selected for sustainable development measurement research, from which it was found that the city became more sustainable and more orderly, the development level was constantly improving, and the coordination was continuously improving, which was consistent with the actual situation and indicated that the proposed measurement model could effectively measure and evaluate sustainable urban development.

scholarly journals COMPLEX ODESSA SEA PORT ESTIMATION ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT BASIS

2018 ◽  
pp. 75-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.B. Azarova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

The publication is devoted to the problem of choosing a strategic direction for further development of the Odessa seaport territories. According to some urban planning experts, the main problem of these territories is that the development of a cargo port, handling of bulk cargoes and increasing the traffic load in the city center of Odessa inevitably leads to the degradation of the city-port system. Therefore, they raise the issue of the cargo port remove outside the city to develop these territories as a recreational facilities. But their opponents believe that the port is not only noise and dust, it is also thousands of jobs for inhabitants and the source of state revenue refill and taxes to the local budget. Sea ports are also plays an important role in state interests as a gate for export of Ukrainian products. So the aim of the study is a comprehensive assessment of the port activity based on the sustainable deve-lopment concept, which considers the sustainable development of complex systems of human settlements, states or civilization as a whole by ensuring  balanced development of the social, economic and environmental spheres of these systems. The article provides an integrated analysis of the Odessa seaport activities in the economic, social, environmental and urban planning fields. The role of this enterprise and the strategic directions of its further development in the context of transportation, the ecology of the urban environment and urban planning activity are defined. The analysis showed the complexity and ambiguity of the Odessa seaport location and its further deve-lopment in residential area in the historic center of the Odessa city. In order to reduce the environmental and traffic negative impact of the port to residential buildings, it is necessary to modernize the port and ensure the development of appropriate infrastructure, as well as eliminate impossible activities from an urban planning point of view at the port's location. As the main private investment attractor for the seaport development can be used some areas freed up after the optimization of the port activity, which will be provided under certain investment conditions for building recreational facilities. The development of a model for the comprehensive assessment of similar development projects is a promising direction for further research in this field.

scholarly journals Construction Management in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1593-1600 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Complex Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Building Management ◽  
Estate Property ◽  
The City

The main course of urban planning activities and land use in Ukraine is to ensure the sustainable development of locality. Legislation in Ukraine defines the main directions, tasks and contents of urban development activities, subjects and their powers, functions. the emergence of many owners of real estate property, including the land, a large number of economic entities, who make their own decisions and have moved to the local territory planning level the focus of the managerial impacts on the operation and development of urban planning systems. In this regard, the local territory planning and management of buildings have problems that are associated with opposite views on local development of potential investors and the public. The management of the city, in particular its construction, should be implemented based on a spatial complex model. The article presents the problematic issues connected with the implementation of city-planning policy in the country. The ways of solving these problems are proposed, by improving the existing model of building management. Effective management of urban development involves knowledge of complete and reliable information about the processes taking place in the city, the availability of mechanisms for balanced consideration of the proposals of investors and the public during urban planning.

RENOVATION OF THE COASTAL AREAS ON THE EXAMPLE CENTRAL EMBANKMENT OF THE CITY OF VOLGOGRAD

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-139
Author(s):  
E.I. GUREVA ◽  
◽  
A.A. GRIBTSOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Functional Zoning ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
The City

The objectives of the study were the questions of the prerequisites for the renovation of the coastal territory of Volgograd for the formation of sustainable development of the territories of the Volgograd agglomeration. The article presents the results of an urban planning analysis: functional zoning of the embankment territory; a scheme for the reorganization of the territory within the boundaries of the concept development; a scheme for the classification of green areas and retrospective material. The article substantiates the relevance of the development of urban recreational spaces, coastal areas, transformation and modernization of existing buildings in the context of solving the problems of urban development. The requirements for evaluation for each characteristic indicator that affects the transformation of the existing image of Volgograd to increase the tourist potential are given. It is established that the planning and architectural and spatial solutions of the Volgograd embankment are pedestrian-transport – two-tiered: the upper and lower tiers have different functional purposes.

scholarly journals Rethinking the Impact of Urban Form in Sustainable Urban Planning Policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Séverine Hermand ◽  
Monica García Quesada
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

This paper examines how urban form affects the sustainable development of cities. It look at the case of Brussels, a city and a region with a very distinctive position in Belgium and in Europe, where public and political institutions have developed together detailed management plans to ensure the responsible management of the city in environment, social and economic terms. The paper first examines the concept of urban form and its constituent features. It then analyses two main questions: How can urban form indicators be integrated in decision-making process for sustainable urban planning? What urban development priorities are in place in Brussels-Capital Region and how do they impact the urban form development of the city? By proposing an analysis on the notion of urban form in Brussels-Capital Region, this paper intends to equip designers and decision makers with a better overview the type of city environmental strategies that can be deployed in the early stages of urban development projects. Keywords: Urban form, Density, Polycentric, Brussels-Capital Region, Policy development

scholarly journals Railway Corridors in Croatian Cities as Factors of Sustainable Spatial and Cultural Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6928
Author(s):  
Željka Jurković ◽  
Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko ◽  
Danijela Lovoković
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Spatial Continuity ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
The City

Transport and mobility in cities are important factors in the sustainability of the urbanized world. This article investigates one type of intra-urban transport: railway transport and the surrounding areas along the railway, i.e., whether railway corridors can be a factor in the sustainable development of cities in the 21st century. The aim of the article is to determine specific characteristics of railway corridors and identify problems and cultural-historical specifics related to the industrial cultural heritage of the railway. The article examines the importance of an integrated approach to the planning of railway corridors and emphasizes the importance of multicriteria analyses in the decision-making process for corridor areas. As a case study, the city of Osijek is selected because in the past the railway strongly influenced its economical and urban development. Concretization and specification methods applied to the city of Osijek prove that railway corridors can become factors of the sustainable development of cities. The article proves that railway corridors have the potential to transform sustainable urban development because they pass through central, often historical, city areas, they occupy large surfaces and have a long linear spatial continuity. The scientific contribution of the article is the identification and systematization of the contribution of the transformation of railway corridors to the sustainable development of cities.

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