The use of the metabolism concept, expanded to include aspects of livability, is applied to cities to demonstrate the practical meaning of sustainability. Its application in industrial ecology, urban ecology, urban demonstration projects, business plans and city comparisons are used to illustrate its potential. # 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Nowadays there is a high rate of urban expansion which can not be ignored in proper urban management. Parallel to the urban expansion we are faced with an increase in urban problems, which will lead to complexities dealing with the urban management and planning processes. A city is a set of condensed and broad functionalities which requires handling of huge amount and diverse types of geospatia...

introduction so far, many evaluation methodologies for assessing urban plans have been introduced, but comprehensive and systematic evaluation methodologies up to now have received little attention. in recent years the plan - process - results (ppr) approach as a comprehensive and systematic evaluation methodology based on the policy- plan/programme-implementation-process(ppip) methodology has ...

Kentsel Planlama ile esenlik ve barış içinde bir toplumsal yapı sürdürülebilir çevre öngörülmekte bunun için de fiziksel yönlendirilmektedir. Kent planlamasının mekâna yansıtılma araçlarının önemlilerinden birisi uygulama evresindeki başarısını dolaysız olarak etkileyen arazi arsa düzenlemesidir. Kamusal kent işgörüleri kesilen düzenleme ortaklık payı belirtilen miktarın, dolayısıyla oluşan değ...

the centralization of human activities is associated with different pollutants which enter into environment easily and cause the urban environment more vulnerable. regarding the importance of air pollution issue for tehran metropolis, many plans and regulations have been developed. however, most of them failed to decline the pollution. the purpose of this study was to pathologically analyze air...