An urban planning sustainability framework: Systems approach to blue green urban design

The Green Future: Architecture + Sustainability; Green Architecture and Impacts of it on Urban Planning and Urban Design

Green architecture, or green design, is an approach to building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment. The “green” architect or designer attempts to safeguard air, water, and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices. So, green architecture is Building and structure design philosophy that aims at minimal use of non-renewable and/or...

Urban Agriculture and a Planning Approach to Urban Food Systems

the green future: architecture + sustainability; green architecture and impacts of it on urban planning and urban design

green architecture, or green design, is an approach to building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment. the “green” architect or designer attempts to safeguard air, water, and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices. so, green architecture is building and structure design philosophy that aims at minimal use of non-renewable and/or...

An approach towards effective ecological planning: Quantitative analysis of urban green space characteristics

In the best practices, planning of urban green spaces is managed in such a way that it follows the key principles such as meeting per capita standards and providing accessible and balanced distribution of these spaces all across the city. In the context of emerging economy, these principles are unfortunately not followed strictly all times. In this study, it is attempted to investigate Tabriz c...

Understanding Sustainability in the Built Environment. a Framework for Evaluation in Urban Planning and Design

............................................................................................................... CHAPTER1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................1 1.1 Overview of the main Evaluation Approaches to Sustainability .......................4 1.2 Research Objectives .............................................................................