Preface -- Climate Action Planning -- Creating a Framework for Community Action -- Community Engagement and Collaboration -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting -- Strategies for Creating Low-Carbon Communities -- Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment -- Strategies for Resilient Communities -- Pathways to Successful Implementation -- Communities Leading the Way -- Time to Take Action -- Appen…
This book highlights the new urban–rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba’s rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban–rural relationship throughout China’s history, and of academ…
Introduction -- Landscape And Land-Use Plan -- Natural Environment Plan -- Game Management Plan -- Agriculture Plan -- Livestock Farming Plan -- Urban And Well-Being Plan -- Cultural Heritage Plan -- Tourism And Public Use Plan -- Socioeconomic Development And Sustainability Plan -- Governance And Implementation Plan -- Public Participation Plan (Phase 3): Sectoral Plans And Pilot Projects -- C…
Foreword -- Introduction: The Clock Tower -- PART I Working on the African city -- The lost cities of Africa -- The modern African city -- The other side of Zanzibar -- Popular housing in Ouagadougou -- The contemporary African city -- PART II Building in Africa -- Farewell to the African Archadia -- The Faculty of Engineering in Dar es Salaam -- A field office in Wagadogo -- Inno-native Africa…
Introduction -- Atmospheric Changes and Observations -- Atmospheric Changes and Observations -- GNSS Ionospheric Sounding -- Detection methods for ionospheric disturbances -- Seismic lower-atmospheric anomalies -- Pre-seismic Ionospheric Anomalies -- Co-/Post-seismic Ionospheric Disturbances -- Two-mode seismo-ionospheric disturbances -- Seismo-ionospheric Rayleigh waves -- Epicenter from Ionos…
- Defining Urban Water Insecurity: Concepts and Relevance -- Water Insecurity in Asian Cities -- Climate Change: Implication on Urban Drought -- Developing Water Security Index for Urban Areas -- Water Energy Food Nexus: A Provision to Tackle Urban Drought -- Coping with Scarcity and Urban Water Governance: Case of Udon Thani’s City Region -- Bridging the Distances between Far Water and Near …
Preface -- Ch.1. Introduction (Looking for the origins of regional spatial planning – Short presentation of chapters – Appendix on regional planning in the interwar period) -- PART I (Chapters 2-11) -- Ch.2. Historical periods, regions and examples -- Ch. 3. Greek colonization -- Ch. 4. Colonies and towns in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Empires -- Ch. 5. New capitals -- Ch. 6. M…
Introduction: The Evolving Data–Driven Smart Sustainable Approach to Urbanism for Tackling the Challenges of Sustainability and Urbanization -- Smart Sustainable Urbanism and Big Data Computing: A Topical Literature Review -- Conceptual, Theoretical, and Disciplinary Foundations: An Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Perspective -- The Data-Driven Smart Sustainable Paradigm of Urbanism: …
Introduction -- Section 1: Biodiversity and physical health -- Section 2: Biodiversity and mental wellbeing -- Section 3: Biodiversity and social wellbeing -- Section 4: Implications of the biodiversity and health relationship -- Section 5: Planning and managing urban green spaces for biodiversity and health in a changing climate.Open AccessThis open access book identifies and discusses biodi…
Introduction -- 1. Growth of Sydney Metropolitan Region Over Time and Current Urban Design Practices -- 2. The City as an Economic Driver -- 3. 20 Years of Spatial Growth and Planning in Sydney -- 4. The Role of Qualitative Public Spaces -- 5. The Need for Developing Sustainability in Urbanism -- 6. The Concept of the Resilient City -- 7. The Design of the Sydney Green Grid -- 8. Landscapes and…