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Urban Sustainability: From Theory Influences to Practical Agendas
Sustainability, 2020 Achieving sustainability goals is complex and requires policy coherence; yet effective action for structural change has been elusive partly because global issues must be primarily addressed locally.
M. Spiliotopoulou, M. Roseland
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Impact of Car Sharing on Urban Sustainability
Sustainability, 2020 The article gives us an insight into the key issues of car sharing and its impact on urban sustainability. A selection of 314 articles published in peer-reviewed journals from the Scopus database were analysed using Leximancer 5.0 for Automated Content ...
Vasja Roblek, M. Meško, Iztok Podbregar
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Measuring the Effectiveness of Food Policy Councils in Major Cities in the United States
Foods, 2023 The United States food system is comprised of a diversity of stakeholders representing a range of sectors including agriculture, health, hospitality, and other sectors of the economy.
Camille Range +3 more
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Urban ScienceEnergy is a crucial factor for urban development. Cities have a crucial role in climate change, as they use 2/3 of the world’s energy, producing 70% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
A. Vasileiadou
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Spatial changes in Royal Malay Town: The Inheritance of ‘Kota’ for Sustainability of Urban Conservation Practices [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThe continuous degradation of historical urban fabric in traditional towns has hindered efforts to implement sustainable urban conservation practices.
Mohamed Syahidah Amni +6 more
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Buildings, 2020 The underestimation of population growth has resulted in the disruptive and uncontrolled expansion of settlements in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The outcome is a complicated mix of new spontaneous dwelling areas featuring a number of distinct urban ...
Hung Thanh Dang, Adrian Pitts
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Cleaner Production Letters, 2022 The Circular Economy is driven by sustainable strategies of management and the reuse of materials and power to try to decrease the demand of resources and minimize the environmental impacts.
Maicon Gonçalves Silva +4 more
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Insights from Smart City Initiatives for Urban Sustainability and Contemporary Urbanism
Smart CitiesUrbanization growth poses various challenges, such as congestion, pollution, and resource consumption, prompting city planners and governments to adopt smart systems to manage these issues more efficiently.
Águeda Veloso +2 more
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Sustainability, 2020 Many of the sustainable urban development issues, such as human heath, energy consumption, carbon emission, are related to the climate of cities. As a result, research insights gained in urban climate study can be applied to improve urban sustainability.
Jiao Xue +4 more
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1999 A new study indicates that while the world's cities take up 2% of the Earth's surface, they account for about 78% of the carbon emissions from human activities, 76% of industrial wood use, and 60% of the water tapped for use by people.“These figures suggest that the struggle to achieve an environmentally sustainable economy will be won or lost in the ...
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