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around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka's heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage … platform was launched in 2016. In 2017, GPSC initiated the sustainability outlook diagnostic with the United Nations Industrial … achieving the level of urban sustainability to which it aspires. This detailed assessment covers six dimensions of …
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[Rapid expansion of cities takes place without any land use planning strategy and the resulting human pressure has highly damaging effects on forests, landscapes, as well as green areas in and around cities. The environmental impacts of urbanization are often intensified by climate change and...
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, reviews the widely accepted definitions of sustainability and sustainable cities, and elaborates on the need for innovative … approaches to the various aspects of sustainability. Chapter two reviews the importance of urbanization for economic growth and … improvements in urban sustainability. It reviews the framework of urban metabolism for understanding the flow of materials and …
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Cities are hubs of global change, and their global influence continues to grow. Cities contribute significantly to global challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss. At the same time, cities experience impacts like climate change first and with greatest intensity. Further, cities are...
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challenges -- Chapter 9. Understanding smart city solutions in Turkish cities from the perspective of sustainability …
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The book discusses how to establish a land-use system for small and medium-sized cities in order to promote low carbon economic development and to ensure sustainable development. It also presents the objectives and requirements of urban green development: The first objective is to establish a...
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solutions enabled by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the smart city context. By focusing on sustainability … as high rated vulnerability in very many sustainability respects (social, economic, biodiversity, urbanization, migration …Small and Medium-sized Cities and Insular Communities in the Mediterranean: Coping with Sustainability Challenges in …
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Germany has long been a pioneer in urban policy. The country has aimed at sustainable urban development in order to tackle all the various economic, social and environmental challenges facing cities. Integrated policy responses and innovative measures have been introduced to help revitalise city...
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