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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Urban sustainability"”.
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Urban sustainability and the technopolitics of order
… of social justice fit within agendas of sustainability? My approach is situated between two very different literatures on sustainability. The first, based in urban planning, seeks to move forward the agenda of urban sustainability. It looks to identify what works and to distill and …
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IoT for Urban Sustainability in Smart Cities
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Urban Sustainability in Transformation: A Case Study of Seoul
While cities across the world are adopting urban sustainability plans and pursuing ‘sustainable development,’ the question of how these urban sustainability plans have made our cities indeed sustainable is a subject of debate. Some scholars are skeptical about whether urban sustainability planning …
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Towards an African perspective of urban sustainability: evidence from Ghana.
… the world’s population living in cities, rapid urbanisation has significant implications for urban sustainable development. While urban areas drive national economies and provide opportunities for improved standards of living, they also face significant sustainable development challenges which …
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Food system governance for urban sustainability in the global South
… locus of these experiences. Food insecurity in urban areas, particularly in developing countries, is a persistent yet poorly understood phenomenon. Responses to food security have primarily focused on ensuring food availability, resulting in responses that are predominantly …
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Capacity Factors for Urban Sustainability Transformations – The Eco-capital Suwon in South Korea
… models coupled with a rapid, dense urbanisation process. This growth model has incrementally induced carbon-intensive urban structures that have consequently produced socio-environmental degradation and severe challenges to sustainability. A range of efforts to solve such challenges …
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Social equity in urban sustainability initiatives : strategies and metrics for Baltimore and beyond
… to become more sustainable. Theoretically, sustainability encompasses social equity, as well as ecological and economic systems. In practice, many cities are unsure about the role of equity in sustainability planning. With greater knowledge of how urban sustainability initiatives affect …
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Urban sustainability and equity: Examining urban infrastructure and green space distribution in Tirana, Albania
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Urban facilities management as a systemic process to achieve urban sustainability in South Africa
A key challenge for urban facilities management (UFM) is to identify ways to promote sustainable urban development at a community/precinct level. One potential approach is via the application of sustainable community assessment/rating tools which have seen increased popularity amongst urban …
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Pairing mega events and hydrological systems for urban sustainability : strategy framework for Delhi beyond the Commonwealth Games 2010
(cont.) initiate a process by which the city learns to seize opportunities through benign and sustainable change. Furthermore, this thesis intends to inform decision makers with a checklist of crucial tradeoffs, risks and benefits involved in incorporating water systems as a strategy framework. …
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Sustainable urban development - the need for a South African rating tool for sustainable precinct developments
Globally, urban sustainability is shifting its focus from individual building to sustainability at precinct, neighbourhood and community levels. This dissertation aims to determine whether the South African urban development industry has a need for the introduction and incorporation of a precinct …
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Sustainability transformations in Olympic host cities
… Games represent an unparalleled fast-track urban development opportunity for Olympic host cities. Taking the premise that the transformational effect of the Olympics has a potential to drive long-term urban sustainability, this thesis examines how Olympic host cities can use the Olympic …
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The role and function of systemic collaborative intermediary organisations in urban system change: the case of the Cities Alliance
… actor and sector driven approaches result in urban system fragmentation which creates barriers to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The study argues for the alignment of the interests, resources and behaviours of actors to work together across local, national, …
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Ecological footprint as an indicator of national and city level sustainability. A case study of Bangladesh with a focus on Narayanganj
This thesis addresses urban sustainability from an ecological footprint viewpoint to make cities inclusive, safe and livable in Bangladesh under the SDG-11 of the Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals-2030. Previous empirical studies on Bangladesh do not focus on Ecological Footprint (EF), and …
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Process is just as critical as results: using community-based participatory research to unite environmental justice and sustainability
Environmental justice and sustainability are two critically important goals often prioritized by NGOs, planners, government agencies, and grassroots groups. Although complementary, these two bodies of literature are rarely integrated. This thesis examines the barriers that have impeded greater …
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The Ghost of Olmsted: Nature, History & Urban Park Restoration in Boston's Emerald Necklace
… Necklace has served the interests of Boston's urban elite. It is, therefore, an appropriate case for examining the historical relationship between power and landscape. The parks of the Emerald Necklace did more than provide pretty views and space for play; they advanced the upper-class economic …
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Citizen implementation of sustainability measures at the neighborhood scale
… for citizens to make a profound impact on the sustainability of cities at the neighborhood scale. This is the scale that people relate to spatially, economically, and socially. It is also a scale that tends to be left out in sustainability planning as governments focus on the level of cities or …
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON URBAN STORMWATER SYSTEM AND USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADAPTATION: AN INVESTIGATION ON TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE
<p>The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented rate, and cities are dominantly and increasingly becoming hubs for agglomerations of human population and economic activities, as well as major sources of environmental problems. Accordingly, humanity′s pursuit of global sustainability is becoming …
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Smart Home Governance in Hong Kong and Vancouver: A Comparative Study of Smart Home Technologies
… provide an important focal point for addressing urban sustainability challenges such as energy and climate change. This research aims to shift the discussion about 'smart homes' from a technical or top-down solutions-oriented approach to a more user-centric perspective. A five-factor framework …
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A study of urban form; its analysis and its implications for sustainable settlements in desert environments, with Walvis Bay as a case study
… of this dissertation is to prove that there are urban forms that are appropriate to the desert environment, and that such forms together with basic design principles, can provide substantive design-oriented steps towards the environmental goal of sustainability in an urban context. The term …
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