Editorial: Sustainable energy and sustainable cities

Sustainable Trees for Sustainable Cities

The idea of sustainable cities is linked to an older concept of sustainable plant communities. The theoretical basis for both is a closed system where everything is continuously recycled. Natural resources are renewed rather than depleted. In undisturbed natural areas a kind of sustainability is achieved through the natural cycles of the biosphere. However, this kind of sustainability for trees...

Shaping Sustainable Energy Use in Chinese Cities

A significant share of future urban energy consumption is predetermined when land-use and urban form are designated. Community Energy Management (CEM) is a sustainable energy strategy which looks at how shaping the built environment and designing urban services in consideration of energy production, distribution and use could affect both the long term demand for energy and the type of energy su...

Forests and Sustainable Cities

GPHY 421.01: Sustainable Cities

GPHY 421 Sustainable Cities Prof. Ulrich Kamp 1. You will ta k e each exam a s sch e d u le d . M ake-up ex am s a re n o t allow ed—ex cep t a s lis ted in th e M ake-up exam policy below. 2. M ateria l for th e exam will be from th e req u ired tex tb o o k a n d o th e r re a d in g s a n d all o th e r d is tr ib u te d m a te r ia l. A tten d an ce for each le c tu re is re co m m en d ed ...

Urban Landscapes and Sustainable Cities

Ecological research targeting sustainable urban landscapes needs to include findings and methods from many lines of ecological research, such as the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, the role of humans in ecosystems, landscape connectivity, and resilience. This paper reviews and highlights the importance of these issues for sustainable use of ecosystem services, which is argued ...