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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"sustainable city"”.
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Towards the reformation of Abu Dhabi to be an environmentally sustainable city
Abu Dhabi, the Capital City of United Arab Emirates, evolved through various stages since its formation. However, unlike other Golf cities, policy makers, planners, and designers sought to guide its growth and development towards a sustainable responsive city. Sustainability has become a central …
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Development of the Northern Growth Corridor in Cape Town: towards a more sustainable city
… many South Africa cities is often considered unsustainable as it is based on the modernist and apartheid city models which have led to urban sprawl, fragmentation and the separation of land uses and activities within cities. These trends of development are exacerbated by the current high levels …
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The power of geography : universal discourse, global coloniality, and local sovereignty in the sustainable city apparatus
… governance. Do, then, new ‘locally’ generated city master plans orientated around ‘sustainability’ offer an effective vehicle for establishing and managing urban futures? The argument put forward in this thesis is no, not as some argue because of their ‘utopian’ nature, but because they rest …
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Evoking Belonging: Enlivening Ubuntu As Social Sculpture for Cultural Transformation towards Ecological Citizenship in Sustainable City Making
… Identity & self-hood b) Diaspora communities & Sustainable Cities c) Migration & displacement d) Belonging & ecological citizenship. The methods in this research practice include social sculpture root methodologies and formulations of auto-ethnography and narrative enquiry. I created the poetic, …
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The development of a strategic framework for local government transformation with specific reference to water services in the Cape metropolitan area
… government transformation which will ensure sustainable water services within a sustainable city model, and with particular reference to the provision of water services to the metropolitan area of Cape Town. The strategic framework provides a) a means of analysis of existing organizations and …
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Threads of connectivity: Placemaking as a catalyst for bridging the infrastructure divide along the Voortrekker corridor
… in cities, distributing resources throughout the city to ensure its functionality and continuous development. In the book Points + Lines, Stan Allen describes urban infrastructure as artificial ecologies which manage the flow of energy and resources within the city (Allen, 1999). For artificial …
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From Heaven on Earth to Smart Cities: How Utopianism Shifted from Social Structures to Digital Built Environments in the 21st Century
… the early 21st century, the concept of a digital city began to be connected to utopian ideas. Smart city, sustainable city,15-minute city, and many more city forms use "utopian" as an adjective. However, there has been limited research into the utopian features of ideal cities and societies that …
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The role of nonprofits as administrators in municipal sustainability planning: An exploration of four cities
… this, forging a consensus on exactly what a “sustainable city” is—or how communities can pursue sustainability in financially and politically viable ways—has proven difficult. Over the past several years, however, many governments have strengthened their initiatives by harnessing the capacity …
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Towards an African perspective of urban sustainability: evidence from Ghana.
… 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 include socio-economic inequalities, increasing …
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Sustainability assessment and visualisation in urban environments
… development of a novel decision support tool for sustainable decision making in urban environments. The Sustainable City Visualisation Tool (S-City VT) uses a sub-modelling approach coupled with 3D visualisation to support sustainable decision making and has been designed to engage non-expert and …
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Toward an understanding of an inside out perspective on city branding - a grounded theory study of Leeds and Istanbul
Adopting an inside out perspective to city branding, this doctoral thesis examines the significance of residents and their relationship towards cities in terms of association, identity and ownership of the physical environment, in the context of city branding. This is important because the growing …
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Designing with data : collective intelligence in urban design
… two years alone. As cities compete for "smart city" status, myriad sensors are installed in the built environment, capturing a "real-time" city supposedly responsive to both infrastructural and citizen needs, thereby creating a more desirable environment for people to live. If this is the case, …
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The Role of Urban Freight Consolidation Initiatives in Supporting Sustainable Urban Logistics - the Case Study of Goods Deliveries to London Schools: Current Practices and Stakeholders' Perspectives on Opportunities for Consolidation.
… freight consolidation initiatives in supporting sustainable city logistics, with focus on the London school sector. In particular, the study will consider the scope for their joint procurement of products and the use of a goods consolidation facility - an Urban Consolidation Centre (UCC) or a …
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Conceptualizing Sustainability: the Case of Johannesburg and Water
… South Africa has stated ambitions of becoming a “sustainable city” and a “world-class African city.” Many factors may contribute to the realization of these aims. One is a “sustainable” water supply, since water is fundamental to life and to economic activity. But South Africa (SA) is a …
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Towards Sustainable Middle Eastern Cities: A Local Sustainability Assessment Framework
… assessment is a key to achieving a sustainable future. This study develops an approach to local sustainability assessment (ALSA), a methodological framework that facilitates the formulation, selection and prioritisation of key indicators to guide the assessment of city sustainability …
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La Citè (post) Industrielle. Efficienza energetica urbana
… scale (urban or land scale) in relation to the city size and shape. In a time when energy world situation is asking for a transition toward new alternative sources, interesting research have already confirmed the deep relationship between energy consumptions and urban morphology through the …
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Restoring the Earth: South African Literature and Environmental Justice
… over development, attempts at reimagining the sustainable city, and engagement with Johannesburg’s degraded mining landscapes. Considered together, my chapters investigate the destructive proliferation of binaries that remain part of modern South Africa’s colonial legacy, and local attempts at …