Carbon Footprint and Urban Planning
Incorporating Methodologies to Assess the Influence of the Urban Master Plan on the Carbon Footprint of the City
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Beschreibung
This book analyzes the relationship between urban development, greenhouse gases and the carbon footprint, and presents the main preventive measures that can be implemented at the design stage. Readers are provided with the knowledge needed to devise a strategy for calculating the carbon footprint of urban planning instruments, as well as a framework for integrating sustainability into the planning phase. Highlighting the importance of preventive and corrective measures, the book includes practical suggestions on how to meet sustainability requirements in urban planning designs, exploring undeveloped land reserves, urban-project design and infrastructure design, and offers a springboard for further research.
This book analyzes the relationship between urban development, greenhouse gases and the carbon footprint, and presents the main preventive measures that can be implemented at the design stage. Readers are provided with the knowledge needed to devise a strategy for calculating the carbon footprint of urban planning instruments, as well as a framework for integrating sustainability into the planning phase. Highlighting the importance of preventive and corrective measures, the book includes practical suggestions on how to meet sustainability requirements in urban planning designs, exploring undeveloped land reserves, urban-project design and infrastructure design, and offers a springboard for further research.
Analyzes the relationship between emissions of greenhouse gases, carbon footprint, and urban planning Presents a methodology for calculating the carbon footprint associated with urban planning instruments Provides the reader with the knowledge needed to develop and implement preventive measures Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Sergio Zubelzu
Themen in »Carbon Footprint and Urban Planning«
Urban Planning Design Variables Calculating Carbon Footprint Urban Development Sustainable Urban Planning Environmental Impact Assessment Environment and Sustainability Greenhouse Gases Energy Sustainability Undeveloped Land Reserve Infrastructure Design landscape/regional and urban planning