scholarly journals SUPTM 2022: 1st Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Territorial Management ◽  
Future Challenges

scholarly journals Autonomous Road Vehicles: Challenges for Urban Planning in European Cities

Urban Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Gavanas
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Road Vehicles ◽  
European Cities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Challenges

Autonomous vehicles will significantly affect mobility conditions in the future. The changes in mobility conditions are expected to have an impact on urban development and, more specifically, on location choices, land use organisation and infrastructure design. Nowadays, there is not enough data for a real-life assessment of this impact. Experts estimate that autonomous vehicles will be available for uptake in the next decade. Therefore, urban planners should consider the possible impacts from autonomous vehicles on cities and the future challenges for urban planning. In this context, the present paper focuses on the challenges from the implementation of autonomous road vehicles for passenger transport in European cities. The analysis is based on a systematic review of research and policy. The main outcome of the analysis is a set of challenges for urban planning regarding the features of urban development, the local and European policy priorities, the current lack of data for planning and the potential for autonomous vehicles to be used by planners as data sources. The paper concludes that tackling these challenges is essential for the full exploitation of the autonomous vehicles’ potential to promote sustainable urban development.

Governance, Planning, and Territorial Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 271-293
Author(s):  
José Manuel Jurado Almonte ◽  
Francisco José Pazos-García ◽  
Jesús Felicidades García
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Border Effect ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Territorial Management ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

In the European Union, there have been significant developments in recent decades in cross-border cooperation and the removal of borders. Thirty years have passed since the launch of the Interreg funds, which finance territorial cooperation policies between Spain and Portugal. Despite these developments, which have encouraged economic and social flows between the two states, the border effect persists in many aspects, especially in terms of governance and shared territorial management. This study, therefore, focuses on how to address the border issue in the different spatial, sectoral, and urban planning instruments. This has involved analysing the different governance, planning, and territorial management systems in Spain and Portugal using the cross-border area of the Baixo Guadiana as a case study. As a preview of the results, following a comparative diagnosis, a number of obstacles and differences in spatial planning, and other territorial actions in this area have been revealed that are a hindrance to the integrated planning and co-management of the Spanish-Portuguese border area.

Generative Computational Urban Planning Through Big Data Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-47
Author(s):  
Luca Saverio Valzano ◽  
Carlo Caldera ◽  
Carlo Luigi Ostorero ◽  
Valentino Manni ◽  
Andrea Galli
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Urban Metabolism ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The City

For the near future, forecasts predict an uncontrolled growth of urbanization in the world, in which cities are fragmented and uneven systems in relation to fast evolving environmental, economic, and social phenomena. The traditional urban planning approach, essentially theoretical-predictive, adapts poorly to face future challenges. Hence, the need to rethink how to govern the transformations of cities, which can be described by models of urban metabolism. The city sensing has changed the way cities are explored and used. With the transition from digitalization to datafication, through the computational approach, georeferenced big data can be analysed and exploited by algorithms. They originate a generative computational urban planning process, which can achieve a higher quality of the project and provide cities with adaptive capability. This process exploits data provided by public administrations, companies, and citizens who take part in an inclusive and adaptive urban planning.

scholarly journals The Case for Inclusion of International Planning Studios in Contemporary Urban Planning Pedagogy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4174
Author(s):  
Paul Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
City Development ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
International Planning ◽  
The University

The pedagogy of urban planning education should include an understanding of the growth and complexity of city development issues, especially the best ways to respond to dealing with current and future challenges. At the same time, the nature of the city that urban planners engage with continues to change, with one major challenge being the increasing growth of informal settlements. This paper asserts that an essential component of contemporary urban planning pedagogy is the inclusion of international planning studios and, importantly, studios which focus on major urban social and civic planning issues, such as informal settlements. The latter have been acknowledged as a major sustainable development challenge and are incorporated into the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To support this assertion, the paper outlines the case for international planning studios, reviews the literature on studios—including planning and international studios—and discusses the benefits and challenges of organizing an international studio grounded on embracing global development issues and learning objectives. This paper uses a case study of an international postgraduate Master’s degree planning studio, set within an informal settlement (kampung) in Indonesia, held annually since 2015 to illustrate the above. The latter studio is in collaboration between the University of Sydney and the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) University, Indonesia. The paper concludes with a summation for the case for international studios in contemporary urban planning pedagogy, including a set of principles that can be used by planning programs when designing an international planning studio.

ACE2 as therapeutic agent

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (19) ◽  
pp. 2581-2595
Author(s):  
Qiuhong Li ◽  
Maria B. Grant ◽  
Elaine M. Richards ◽  
Mohan K. Raizada
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Agent ◽  
Renin Angiotensin System ◽  
Peptide Hormone ◽  
Experimental Models ◽  
Electrolyte Balance ◽  
Ang Ii ◽  
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Overwhelming Evidence ◽  
Future Challenges

Abstract The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) has emerged as a critical regulator of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS), which plays important roles in cardiovascular homeostasis by regulating vascular tone, fluid and electrolyte balance. ACE2 functions as a carboxymonopeptidase hydrolyzing the cleavage of a single C-terminal residue from Angiotensin-II (Ang-II), the key peptide hormone of RAS, to form Angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)), which binds to the G-protein–coupled Mas receptor and activates signaling pathways that counteract the pathways activated by Ang-II. ACE2 is expressed in a variety of tissues and overwhelming evidence substantiates the beneficial effects of enhancing ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas axis under many pathological conditions in these tissues in experimental models. This review will provide a succinct overview on current strategies to enhance ACE2 as therapeutic agent, and discuss limitations and future challenges. ACE2 also has other functions, such as acting as a co-factor for amino acid transport and being exploited by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses (SARS-CoVs) as cellular entry receptor, the implications of these functions in development of ACE2-based therapeutics will also be discussed.

Articles Published in EJPA 2009–2010

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuulia M. Ortner ◽  
Isabella Vormittag
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Related Field ◽  
Broad Scope ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Self Report Data

With reference to EJPA’s unique and broad scope, the current study analyzed the characteristics of the authors as well as the topics and research aims of the 69 empirical articles published in the years 2009–2010. Results revealed that more than one third of the articles were written by authors affiliated with more than one country. With reference to their research aims, an almost comparable number of articles (1) presented a new measure, (2) dealt with adaptations of measures, or (3) dealt with further research on existing measures. Analyses also revealed that most articles did not address any particular field of application. The second largest group was comprised of articles related to the clinical field, followed by the health-related field of application. The majority of all articles put their focus on investigating questionnaires or rating scales, and only a small number of articles investigated procedures classified as tests or properties of interviews. As to further characteristics of the method(s) used, a majority of EJPA contributions addressed self-report data. Results are discussed with reference to publication demands as well as the current and future challenges and demands of psychological assessment.

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