Sustainability assessment methods have gained the attention between urban planners and policymakers since they promote a comprehensive view of cities. Intelligent solutions, enabled by advances in information technologies, can accelerate progress achieving sustainability goals. In this context, City Information Modelling (CIM) emerges as tool to facilitate implementation. Accordingly, main ques...

The elements which determine a peripheral area’s level of tourist attractiveness, such as infrastructure and values, should be developed in urban–rural communes areas, where tourism may one the forces capable stimulating sustainable development. This study covered province Warmia Mazury Poland. Urban–rural are specific areas linkages often important. research was carried out accordance with Hel...

in recent century, sustainability has been the most important feature especially in economic, social and environmental issues. so that it has always been the main concern of regional, national and even international planners as the consequent challenges were the main threat to achieving sustainable development of human society. in this study, all aspects of sustainability including environmenta...

Green infrastructure ameliorates the urban heat island effect, contributes positively to liveability and enables sustainability in higher density urban environments. Greenskins (living architectures) are a more specific form of green infrastructure, including green walls and green roofs, for dense urban areas. These offer a new approach for sustainable urban biophilia and some forms can be buil...

agricultural sustainability refers to the ability of a cropping system to produce, without causing irreversible damage tothe ecosystem. there is an increasing need to view cropping systems and identify management practices in a holisticindicator-based impact assessment. the main objective of this study was to compare and rank the cropping systems of themarvdasht plain in fars province; in order...

The extent to which the 21st Century world will be "sustainable" depends in large part on the sustainability of cities. Early ideas on implementing sustainability focused on concepts of achieving stability, practicing effective management and the control of change and growth-a "fail-safe" mentality. More recent thinking about change, disturbance, uncertainty, and adaptability is fundamental to ...

This paper discusses the selection of indicators for comprehensive and sustainable transportation planning. It discusses the concept of sustainability and the role of indicators in planning, describes factors to consider when selecting indicators, identifies potential problems with conventional indicators, describes examples of indicators, and provides recommendations for selecting indicators f...

Urban planning is closely related both, to decision making processes as well as to the establishment of a further urban envisioning. Therefore, it is understood as a multidimensional and multipurpose managed change of the natural and built environment. [C.Carmona, 2003] Hence urban planning is a key element for the creation of sustainable cities by its influence on the production of quality spa...

Growing populations and rapid worldwide urbanization are recognized as constituting one of the most complex processes in the world and have raised concerns about the sustainability of cities. Sustainable development, a widely accepted strategic framework in city planning, singles out urban green spaces as a primary solution for addressing these issues. Growing empirical evidences indicate that ...