Estimation of load duration curves from general building data in the building stock using dynamic BES-models [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Modelling and simulation of building stock is a valuable source of information for investigating the feasibility of implementing new heating and cooling system technologies.
Mahmoud Rana M. +4 more
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Barriers to family planning use amongst the urban poor in Pakistan
, 2004 This paper examines the determinants of family planning service use and the barriers in accessing family planning services among urban poor women in Pakistan.
Hennink, Monique, Stephenson, Rob
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Policy- Oriented Urban Planning in 1930s in Turkey: İzmit Urban Plan [PDF]
A/Z : ITU journal of Faculty of Architecture, 2017 Following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, urbanism became one of main issues in the agenda of the State. Between 1923 and 1940, 117 cities and towns in Anatolia and Rumelia were planned. After planning cities demolished during the War of Independence, in pursuit of Great Depression in 1929, Etatism and Populism principles became basis for ...
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Predicting building energy consumption in urban neighborhoods using machine learning algorithms
Frontiers of Urban and Rural PlanningAssessing building energy consumption in urban neighborhoods at the early stages of urban planning assists decision-makers in developing detailed urban renewal plans and sustainable development strategies.
Qingrui Jiang +6 more
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No. 02: Approaching Sustainable Urban Development in China through a Food System Planning Lens [PDF]
, 2016 After more than two decades of rapid urbanization, Chinese cities now face severe sustainability chal- lenges in terms of balancing economic viability, social justice, and environmental protection goals.
Scott, Steffanie, Si, Zhenzhong
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Energy planning for metropolitan context: potential and perspectives of sustainable energy action plans (seaps) of three italian big cities [PDF]
, 2016 Energy retrofitting of existing building stock and new expansion of urban settlements entail a new relationship between consumption and production sites.
Berghi, Saverio
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Public Participation GIS for sustainable urban mobility planning: methods, applications and challenges [PDF]
, 2016 Sustainable mobility planning is a new approach to planning, and as such it requires new methods of public participation, data collection and data aggregation.
Brudka, Cezary +8 more
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Measuring the Constructs of Sense of Place in Historical Area; A Review on Bazaar Neighborhood in Kermanshah [PDF]
توسعه پایدار شهریA significant and determining factor in how a city's population or neighborhood residents feel is the sense of place. The dynamics of activities in the local context, the viability of inhabitants in the neighborhood, and boosting people's commitment to ...
Mojtaba Lorzangeneh +2 more
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2011 First paragraph: One of the most exciting new areas of planning and development involves innovative strategies to reintegrate food production and distribution into our communities. Agricultural Urbanism, edited by senior planners at HB Lanarc, a Vancouver-based planning and design firm, is a collection of planning, policy, and design concepts to do ...
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Urban and regional planning [PDF]
, 2007 Urban and regional planning is a notion that encompasses the whole set of social activities aimed at anticipating, representing and regulating the development of an urban or a regional area. It thus articulates intellectual activities of study and prospective, of social and economic forecasting with more concrete activities such as infrastructure ...
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