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

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.

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SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: THE FRAMEWORK AND DIRECTORY OF ASSESSMENT METHODS

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ◽

10.1142/s1464333202000978 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 04 (02) ◽

pp. 171-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

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.

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Infrastructure and Ecology as Important Systems for Sustainable Urban Development

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering - Special Issue ◽

10.35940/ijitee.b7581.129219 ◽

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.

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126928 ◽

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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SPATIAL PATTERN OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR FOR THE MONTREAL URBAN COMMUNITY

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism ◽

10.3846/20297955.2015.1113900 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 220-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shohel Reza Amin ◽

Umma Tamima

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Development ◽

Spatial Pattern ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Urban Community ◽

Spatial Data Analysis ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Development Indicator ◽

Development Plans ◽

The City

The City of Montreal initiated a First Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development in 2005 followed by a Community and Corporate Sustainable Development Plan in 2010–2015. This study proposes a sustainable urban development indicator (SUDI) for each Montreal Urban Community (MUC) to evaluate the achievements of sustainable development plans. This study identifies thirty-two variables as the attributes of sustainable urban development. The multivariate technique and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis are applied to determine the spatial pattern of SUDI for each MUC. The spatial pattern of SUDI identifies that Ville Marie, Verdun, Sud-Ouest, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Plateau Mont-Royal have strong sustainable development. The findings of this study help the City of Montreal to understand the improvement of the sustainable development plans for Montreal city and to distribute the municipal budget for the community benefits accordingly.

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Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Development under Environmental Constraints: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12031049 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 1049

Author(s):

Yaqiong Wang ◽

Guanghui Yuan ◽

Ying Yan ◽

Xueliang Zhang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Development ◽

Jiangsu Province ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Undesirable Outputs ◽

Environmental Constraints ◽

Index Analysis ◽

The Impact ◽

Desirable And Undesirable Outputs ◽

The City

Sustainable development is a long-term solution for urban development and a guideline for urban development. Only by better coordination around the population, resources, and environment can the city achieve sustained and steady development. In order to evaluate the efficiency of sustainable urban development under environmental constraints, this paper takes 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province as an example. To address the infeasibility problem in the Malmquist-Luenberger (M-L) index, a modified M-L index analysis method based on the new directional distance function (DDF) is adopted. Combined with the consideration of desirable and undesirable outputs, a linear programming model for sustainable urban development evaluation is constructed to provide a scientific decision-making basis for sustainable development of the city. The results show that the growth of sustainable urban development efficiency is not only related to desirable outputs but also affected by undesirable outputs. Technical change is the main driver of most sustainable urban development efficiency growth. However, efficiency changes also affect the sustainable development potential of cities to a certain extent. Through the modified M-L index analysis, we analyze the characteristics of different regions of Jiangsu Province, the changes in efficiency and the impact of technological innovation on sustainable urban development, and give policy recommendations to promote sustainable urban development.

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Coordinating sustainability, globalization and urban intelligence with the Habitat III and 2030-SDG agendas: the challenge of sustainable urban development in cities

Cuadernos de Administración ◽

10.25100/cdea.v36i66.8438 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (66) ◽

pp. 36-52

Author(s):

Henry Caicedo Asprilla

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Sustainable City ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Conditioning Factors ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Development Goals

Currently, there are difficulties in coordinating the three determinants of urban development in cities: Globalization, Urban Intelligence, and Sustainability. This makes it difficult to implement the agendas of the Sustainable Development Goals and Habitat III. This article features an introduction, discussion on the tensions among the determinants of Sustainable Urban Development (SUD). The idea of a sustainable city, which is defended in this research, is proposed thereafter, which seeks to establish the degree of consistency between these three factors. The methodology is described next on: 83 cities were sampled and the simple and multiple correspondence analysis techniques were applied. Then, we move on to the results, which found that while the three phenomena are congruent, it is not the same in every city. It was also evidenced that the greater the urban intelligence of a city, the more sustainable it will be; and the less sustainable it will be if it is oriented only towards globalization. Finally, it is concluded that if a city wants to be sustainable, it must make efforts to coordinate a joint agenda with all three conditioning factors to balance them out and neglect none.

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INDICATES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE ANALYSES

URBAN CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE ◽

10.17673/vestnik.2021.02.16 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 111-116

Author(s):

Elvira A. GROMILINA

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Development ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Russian Regions ◽

The City

This article aims to investigate and compare indicators of sustainable urban development. The modern systems of indicators of sustainable development are considered. Based on the analysis of the approaches, the main indicators of the eff ective and sustainable development of cities have been identifi ed. The author describes two main ratings of Russian regions. According to the results of the study, indicators of sustainable development of the architectural and planning structure of the city are proposed.

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Urboecology Problems in Building the Quality Index of the Urban Environment and its Use for Assessing the Sustainable Development of Cities

Ecology and Industry of Russia ◽

10.18412/1816-0395-2019-5-67-71 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 67-71

Author(s):

D.M. Suvorov ◽

L.A. Suvorova ◽

T.V. Baybakova

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Development ◽

Urban Environment ◽

Quality Index ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Environmental Characteristics ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Ecological Development ◽

Dynamic Quality

The analysis of domestic and foreign sources on the methodology of construction and use of integral indices of quality of the urban environment and sustainable urban development was carried out. It is shown that these indices can be represented as urban-ecological in a broad sense. A method developed by the authors for the formation of a dynamic quality index of the urban environment, which allows the dynamics of the index and its components to evaluate both the quality of the urban environment and the direction of its change, is presented. Using the example of Kirov, the environmental characteristics of the urban environment, taken into account when calculating the index, and the problems of their measurement and presentation are described in detail. The prospects of the developed methodology for solving problems of urban ecological development are shown.

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Effects of urban development in microclimatic conditions in Thessaloniki

Global NEST Journal ◽

10.30955/gnj.001526 ◽

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).  The results of the investigation could contribute at the urban planning and the sustainable development of the contemporary cities.</p>

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Sustainable Urban Development Strategic Initiatives

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su14010037 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Margarita Panteleeva ◽

Svetlana Borozdina

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Power Structures ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Strategic Initiatives ◽

Ex Post ◽

Capital Construction ◽

The City

In order to ensure the implementation of the “Strategy for the Development of the Construction Industry of the Russian Federation until 2030” and the implementation of the UN resolution on sustainable development, there is a need to develop new strategic management initiatives. They should allow authorities to make inter-city comparisons, considering specific cities and their objects against the background of others undergoing similar development processes. In this article, the authors propose strategic initiatives for the management of urban facilities. In particular, the authors’ approach to the assessment of the sustainable development of housing and communal service facilities in the city is proposed. According to the authors, the housing and communal city service objects mean capital construction objects in different forms of reproduction. Moreover, the article examines both residential buildings and structures, and utility networks. The authors’ approach consists in the constant assessment of the city’s housing and communal service facilities at different stages of their operation. For this, the authors use several types of analysis: ex post analysis, ex ante analysis, and foresight analysis. For each type of analysis, the authors form a set of assessment indicators and indicate the period of the analysis. The result of the study is the development of an indicator for the assessment of the level of sustainable development of housing and communal service facilities in the city, and a roadmap for their development strategy. The roadmap is formed considering the introduction of modern end-to-end technologies and digital tools into the work of state bodies. The proposed approach, on the one hand, considers the internal complexity and heterogeneity of the city’s housing and communal service facilities. On the other hand, it is a simple tool for the making of effective management decisions by power structures, as it uses data which are available on a regular basis.

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