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This volume contains research from the 10th International
Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning. The papers
included in this volume form a collection of research from
academics, policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders from
across the globe who discuss the latest advances in the field.
Problems related to development and planning, which affect rural
and urban areas, are present in all regions of the world.
Accelerated urbanisation has resulted in deterioration of the
environment and loss of quality of life. Urban development can also
aggravate problems faced by rural areas such as forests, mountain
regions and coastal areas, amongst many others. Taking into
consideration the interaction between different regions and
developing new methodologies for monitoring, planning and
implementation of novel strategies can offer solutions for
mitigating environmental pollution and non-sustainable use of
available resources. Energy saving and eco-friendly building
approaches have become an important part of modern development,
which places special emphasis on resource optimisation. Planning
has a key role to play in ensuring that these solutions as well as
new materials and processes are incorporated in the most efficient
manner. The application of new academic findings to planning and
development strategies, assessment tools and decision-making
processes are all covered in this book.
Is the concept of sustainability strongly founded on solid
scientific bases? And can this elusive concept be introduced in the
economic framework and embodied in people's behavior as well as
public and private institutions' decision making? This book
presents a view of sustainability that starts from the
acknowledgment of physical conditions and limits that humans can no
longer neglect. It also includes some epistemological foundations
of the concept of sustainability and historical backgrounds. The
view is optimistic to the extent that economics, the compass of our
industrial society, is open to inputs and suggestions coming from
outside orthodox schemes. Transdisciplinary science is one key
element of such a change, and this book is a transdisciplinary
project.In the field of the criticism to GDP as an
omni-comprehensive instrument, the book also describes the
methodology of the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW),
proposed by H. Daly and John Cobb in 1989. They proposed some
revisions to the System of National Accounts and GDP in order to
add information for policy makers towards sustainability.Starting
with consumption, some adjustments are proposed to allow for
inequality of income distribution, environmental problems (such as
pollution costs, long term environmental damage, depletion of
non-renewable resources) and social issues (such as commuting
costs, urbanization costs, public expenditure for health and
education). Computations for different nations have shown that ISEW
increases together with increasing GDP up to a point, beyond which
it stagnates or even decreases, due to the environmental and social
pressure of economic growth. The ISEW is a feasible calculation and
some experiments at the local level in Italy are presented.
Advances in integrating different sustainability indicators (both
economic-based and physical-based) are also presented as well as
their use under a sustainability viewpoint.
Exploring the latest experiences, achievements and state-of-the-art
practices and methodologies in sustainability and the urban
environment, this book contains 70 papers presented at the Third
International Conference on the Sustainable City. It will be of
interest to city planners, architects, environmental engineers and
all academics, professionals and practitioners involved in the wide
range of disciplines associated with this important and highly
topical subject. Strategy and Development; Planning, Development
and Management; Environmental Management; Cultural Heritage and
Architectural Issues; Land Use and Management; Restructuring and
Renewal; Spatial Configuration and Landscaping; Socio-Economic
Issues; The Community and the City; Public Safety and Security;
Conservation of Resources; Traffic and Transportation; and Urban
Waste Management.
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