Green and ecological technologies for urban planning creating smart cities /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Ercoskun, Ozge Yalciner, 1977-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: City planning.; Sustainable urban development.; Cities and towns > Growth.; Technological innovations > Economic aspects.; Ecological challenges; Economic challenges; Eco-municipalities; Energy efficient design; Intelligent transportation systems; Land-use sustainability; Smart cities; Sustainable urbanism; Transport planning; Urban resilience; Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB); Sustainable transportation; Smart information and communication technologies; Geographic information systems; Environmental technologies
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"This book addresses the ecological, technological, and social challenges faced in the smart urban planning and design of settlements when using eco-technologies - from sustainable land use to transportation, and from green areas to municipal applications - with a focus on resilience"--Pro...

Table of Contents:

• 1. A paradigm shift towards urban resilience / Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun
• 2. Sustainable urbanism revisited: a holistic framework based on tradition and contemporary orientations / Derya Oktay
• 3. Sustainable and equitable urbanism: the role of ICT in ecological culture change and poverty alleviation / Abby Spinak and Federico Casalegno
• 4. An advanced triple-helix network model for smart cities performance / Patrizia Lombardi ... [et al.]
• 5. The first ecological steps in architectural utopias: the "nature" of imaginary smart cities / Akin Sevinc
• 6. Towards zero energy buildings (ZEB): the role of environmental technologies / Paris A. Fokaides
• 7. Energy efficient residential block design: the case of Ankara / Hakan Hisarligil and Sule Karaaslan
• 8. Technologies in urban design practice: integrating environmental design considerations / Yan Zhu and Tim Heath
• 9. Eco-methodology for urban and transport planning for the future eco-technology / Hermann Knoflacher and Ebru Vesile Ocalir
• 10. Creating smart cities with intelligent transportation solutions: experiences from Singapore / Leo Tan Wee Hin and R. Subramaniam
• 11. Urban environmental applications of GIScience: challenges and new trends / Buket Aysegul Ozbakir
• 12. An approach for land-use suitability assessment using decision support systems, AHP and GIS / Erkan Polat
• 13. "Green infrastructure" concept as an effective medium to manipulating sustainable urban development / Adnan Kaplan
• 14. Natural resources conservation in the influence areas of cities: a case study on Bucharest, Romania / Mihai Nita ... [et al.]
• 15. The sustainable waterfront / Matthew Bradbury
• 16. A theory for sustainability of townscape: typomorphology / Tan Kamil Gurer
• 17. Eco-municipalities and municipal applications for sustainability / Seda H. Bostanci
• 18. Transition model: a methodology for adapting the cities to ecological and economical challenges / Aysen Eren
• 19. Local commitment: an approach to sustainable neighbourhood renewal? / Laure Heland.