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multifunctionality of green infrastructure. It works to guide the efficient and effective management of green spaces for sustainability … regard to the transferability of the existing practices in Sheffield. It also attempts to provide a primer for sustainability …
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Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is one of the most populated megacity in the world and the population growth in this city is extremely high. To support growing food demand of increasing population, food supply should be secure and sustainable. On the other hand, with the pace of urbanization...
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Despite the growing literature on sustainability assessment in the urban context, the resulting approaches and methods … unable to trace and assess sustainability in vernacular forms and traditional built environments, even though environments … reviews the theoretical background underpinning the current sustainability assessment methods in the urban context to identify …
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change. This paper discusses how urban sustainability can be achieved through strategic action in urban development by … framework for identifying the interface of strategic planning, components of strategic action planning and urban sustainability …. Based on this conceptual framework this paper identifies the scope of achieving urban sustainability through analysing the …
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This paper examines the sustainability of urban development through the livelihood conditions of slum dwellers in … clearly indicate that there exist significant diversity and differences of sustainability indicators, particularly household …. Therefore, the findings suggest a holistic approach to address the multi-faceted sustainability issues that affect the …
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Daylight is essential for ecosystems and for the physical and mental well-being of people. In densely populated cities, only a small proportion of total daylight is available to support urban greenery and most people have little daily exposure to natural daylight. Despite this, many cities have...
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local, state, and national levels would allow better assessing and comparing transition programs towards sustainability. …
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Sustainable Development Goals are intrinsically competing, and their embedding into urban systems furthermore emphasises such compromises. When observed at the scale of systems of cities, such concern is considered as a series of innovations that challenges the adaptive capacity of urban...
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Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has faced enormous economic growth and rapid urban transformation over the last few decades. More recently, this has been accentuated by the construction of major urban public transit systems in the State and a desire to implement the Transit-Oriented...
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