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Erixon, Josef, and Tina Bosnjak. "Planning for sustainability : sustainable ideas for an urban environment." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5591.
Full textJosef Erixon, tel: 070-3329196, Tina Bosnjak, tel: 070-6078064
Stumpler, Martin. "Integrated and sustainable urban development planning : An empirical case study on the reflection of the Leipzig Charter’s principles in the context of German local urban planning." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för planering och mediedesign, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2828.
Full textBelaieff, Antoine, Gloria Moy, and Jack Rosebro. "Planning for a Sustainable Nexus of Urban Land Use, Transport and Energy." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3304.
Full textNolan, Caroline, Mary Ostafi, and Mélina Planchenault. "Catalytic City Planning : Leveraging the Development Planning Process to move a Community Strategically towards Sustainability with Dublin City Case Study." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3502.
Full textMcCreery, Anna C. "Urban Transportation Ecoefficiency: Social and Political Forces for Change in U.S. Metropolitan Areas." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337963928.
Full textCooksey, Christy. "The Impacts of Urban Sustainability on Economic Prosperity: Sustainability in the Spotlight." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1752361/.
Full textPerkins-High, Lily. "Can sustainability be local? : an examination of neighborhood sustainability assessment in Denver, Colorado." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105057.
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While the challenge of achieving a sustainable built environment is global, governments and nonprofits working to advance sustainability are increasingly turning to the neighborhood scale (Luederitz, Lang, and von Wehrden 2013). This attention to the neighborhood has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) standards, which evaluate neighborhoods against sustainability criteria. Since 2001, when the first NSA standard was published (Sharifi 2016), the number of NSA standards in use worldwide has climbed to 32 (Criterion Planners 2016). Despite this volume, there is relatively little written on individual NSA standards, and even less on how these standards compare to one another or relate to city-led sustainability efforts (Haapio 2012; Sharifi and Murayama 2013; Berardi 2013; Reith and Orova 2015; Komeily and Srinivasan 2015). This study addresses these gaps in the literature by studying four NSA standards in use in Denver, Colorado: LEED ND, 2030 Districts, EcoDistricts, and Sustainable Neighborhoods. This is the first study to examine the use of multiple NSA standards in the same city and the first to analyze the relationship between NSA standards and citywide sustainability efforts. I answer the following three questions: What are the similarities and differences between the intent, certification approach, and applicability of different NSA standards? Why are individuals, institutions, and cities adopting NSA standards and how satisfied are they with their choice? What is the relationship between NSA standards and city-led, city-scale planning? I find that the four NSA standards I examine prioritize different elements of sustainability, employ different approaches to certification, and operate in different development contexts, and that this diversity helps advance neighborhood-scale sustainability in Denver. I find that individuals adopt specific NSA standards as a result of a tangle of iterative decisions that draw upon the initiator's personal and professional networks, their knowledge of the variety of standards available, and the authority they possess. Finally, I find that these four NSA projects are well connected to the City of Denver but that rather than working through Denver's Office of Sustainability, they intersect with multiple City agencies, thus benefiting from Denver's mandate that all City departments support sustainability initiatives.
by Lily Perkins-High.
M.C.P.
Leung, Pui-ching Hilda. "Planning for urban sustainability : promoting integrated transit-oriented development /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35081211.
Full textLeung, Pui-ching Hilda, and 梁佩貞. "Planning for urban sustainability: promoting integrated transit-oriented development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014140.
Full textDossa, Zahir (Zahir A. ). "A positive approach to sustainability." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81639.
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Sustainability is a complex term that is becoming increasingly used. While extremely important, sustainability is often misused and misunderstood, yielding undesirable effects. Furthermore, many organizations promote the image of being sustainable without embracing it, otherwise known as green-washing, yet those that truly are sustainable face difficulty communicating their sustainability practices and distinguishing themselves as such. Despite its complexity, sustainability remains an important term that necessitates a greater conceptualization. In this dissertation, three topics in sustainability (sustainability performance, sustainability innovation, and sustainable development) are explored through a positive approach. A positive approach, also referred to as an abundance approach, is one that espouses a greater understanding for how the highest ideals and fullest potential can be achieved as opposed to one that focuses on fixing immediate problems. Borrowing from positive organizational scholarship (POS) theory and the positive organizational ethics (POE) literature, a framework for capturing sustainability performance is developed in Chapter 2 that shifts the emphasis from minimizing negative externalities to maximizing positive outcomes. Extending upon POS theory, the crisis-PEN-innovation framework advanced in Chapter 3 aligns various literature on innovation to postulate that sustainability innovations are achieved through the formation of positive ethical networks (PENs) that arise in response to external crises. Finally in Chapter 4, a PEN analysis is conducted to foster a greater understanding of project trajectories and outcomes in the sustainable development field. It is therefore through the lenses provided by the POS and POE literatures that new frameworks for conceptualizing topics in sustainability can be developed.
by Zahir Dossa.
Ph.D.in Sustainable Development
Nomura, Wataru. "Sustainability of green space maintenance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67232.
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In Japan, recent changes in socio-economic and political structures -- decreasing tax revenue, declining communication among community members, and privatization of public services-- have influenced existing maintenance systems initiated by the public sector. In this study, I examine maintenance systems of green spaces, identify the limits and possibilities of these practices, and conduct a literature review of US and UK cases to obtain some ideas for future practices in Japan. The current Japanese practices aim to utilize the resources which had not been fully integrated with existing maintenance systems, such as private corporations and community and volunteer groups. The case studies clarified three keys for making these practices sustainable: long-term strategies, self-sustained volunteer and community activities, and multiple funding streams. In the circumstance where the public sector suffers long-lasting financial hardship, these practices need to be developed further. To apply a model of green space maintenance in one country to other countries is not easy because cultural, social and political differences have significant impacts. Both in the UK and the US practices show the importance and difficulties of approaching multiple and sustainable funding streams. However, despite the differences of backgrounds, especially of donation culture, the approaches found in the US practices -- public and private partnerships for creating long-term strategy, helping community activities become self-sustained, developing public outreach-- would help Japanese to further its efforts to establish a sustainable system for green space maintenance.
by Wataru Nomura.
M.C.P.
Black, Colin Stevenson. "Behavioural dimensions of the transport sustainability problem." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310409.
Full textMokrushina, Ksenia. "Sustainability transformations in Olympic host cities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73706.
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The Olympic Games represent an unparalleled fast-track urban development opportunity for Olympic host cities. Taking the premise that the transformational effect of the Olympics has a potential to drive long-term urban sustainability, this thesis examines how Olympic host cities can use the Olympic planning process to transition to a more sustainable model of urban development. Presenting the case of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, this thesis draws planning lessons for Sochi 2014 and other future Olympic host cities and discusses policy implications for the International Olympic Committee. The City of Vancouver's systematic efforts to integrate sustainability principles in Olympic planning created sustainability co-benefits exceeding the initial sustainability commitments of the bid book. The development of the Olympic Village generated a massive amount of urban sustainability learning by the City planning staff, thus majorly accelerating sustainability policies in the areas of energy efficiency, green building, district energy, urban design and agriculture. Taking advantage of an unprecedented opportunity to experiment with the "urban laboratory" of the Olympics, the City fostered improved citizens' perception of public space and transit, which gave rise to a sustained increase in transit ridership, walking and biking after the Games. The City was able to achieve these outcomes through integrating the Games into its long-term urban development strategy, strategic sustainability thinking and visioning, principled approach to planning, building partnerships with key stakeholders and leveraging resources from senior levels of government, ensuring that the interests of the organizing committee and city entrepreneurs do not dominate the planning process, engaging and consulting with community groups and educating the citizens. Lasting sustainability legacies of the Vancouver Olympics arose from a highly collaborative, inclusive and coordinated process involving all levels of government, multiple City agencies, private sector, VANOC, community groups and citizens. The applicability of the policy lessons learned from Vancouver's case is questionable in developing countries, authoritarian regimes and cities with little to no previous experience in urban sustainability. The IOC should play a more active role in preventing sustainability debacles in these policy contexts.
by Ksenia Mokrushina.
M.C.P.
Jonsson, Markus, and Matea Muzevic. "Indicators of Sustainability - a tool for planning toward sustainability." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23189.
Full textSustainable development and in particular sustainable urban development are now catchphrases for how most cities wish to develop. Sustainability indicators have been established as a tool to facilitate decision-making measures to simplify, clarify and gather information. The idea is that indicators should control and follow through sustainability efforts but also serve as a tool to communicate ideas, thoughts and values. The aim of this study is to describe how sustainability indicators can help to streamline sustainability efforts. By looking at how three Swedish municipality use indicators along with research in the theoretical field a conclusion that shows that there are major weaknesses in the systems applied today is presented. The research advocates a few indicators based on both qualitative and quantitative values where communication is central which completely goes against what the municipalities are doing at the moment. New indicator systems based on participation where the intended audience is primary would lead to a broader understanding of sustainability goals, which is a requisite for achieving them. Indicators could facilitate decision-making where the role of management and monitoring will be key along with communication towards sustainability. As a citizen it is difficult to influence or understand sustainability projects when they are not presented in an understandable way and when it is difficult to monitor development. In the end of the study a preliminary project on how an internal process in developing a new indicator system is presented.
Tcacencu, Sanda. "Social Sustainability in a Local Context." Thesis, KTH, Samhällsplanering och miljö, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239879.
Full textHarris, N. R. "A life-cycle perspective on land transport sustainability." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286560.
Full textYuen, Kwok-yan, and 袁國欣. "Residential planning and urban sustainability: the case of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31260160.
Full textYuen, Kwok-yan. "Residential planning and urban sustainability : the case of Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2104241X.
Full textPalomo, Isaac. "Implementing Green Infrastructure to Address Urban Flooding." The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626201.
Full textRoggenbuck, Abbey. "Urban agriculture, urban planning and urban development in the contemporary African city: a case study of the Lukhanyo Hub Project." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29284.
Full textMaslan, Noah Terrell 1974. "Realizing sustainability : implementing a vision in Burlington, Vermont." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31100.
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Sprawling growth patterns have characterized the spatial development of cities in the United States since the advent of the automobile. Extensive research has shown that low-density, haphazard development (a.k.a. sprawl) causes numerous deleterious impacts on communities. Communities are beginning to recognize the consequences of sprawling development patterns and wish to shift those patterns to more sustainable land-use, economics, ecologies, human settlements, and human relationships. Although efforts at all levels are being made to slow down sprawl, low-density suburbs are built in place of new development or redevelopment near existing infrastructure in central cities. Even in rural Vermont, sprawl threatens the unique village centers surrounded by breathtaking working landscapes that Vermonters cherish and visitors flock to. Burlington, Vermont recognizes that sprawl is degrading the natural landscape. As part of a promulgated vision of sustainability in municipal plans, Burlington accepts their role as a regional growth center. Compact mixed-use development patterns are identified as the type of urban form commensurate with curbing sprawl. Burlington designated certain growth centers within the city and is attempting to increase density in those areas. This thesis explores the types of local land-use tools Burlington is uses to focus development in designated parts of the city, as one aspect of a sustainable growth strategy. The case study reveals that residents oppose higher density projects due to a perceived threat to their pervading quality of life. However, people do not have an innate awareness and understanding of what design elements contribute to the quality of their built environment. Since urban design and architecture determine the quality and character of compact development and compact development is essential to curb sprawl, then good urban design and architecture are critical components in curbing sprawl. In order for higher density projects to gain acceptance, the methods of analysis used for development review need to shift to more qualitative measures based on the type of site design and architectural features that communities prefer.
by Noah Terrell Maslan.
M.C.P.
Rowland, Jennifer. "Conceptualizing Urban Green Space within Municipal Sustainability Plans| Parks, Tree Canopy, and Urban Gardens." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1556725.
Full textAs the concept of sustainability gains prominence in the U.S., municipal governments have begun adopting official sustainability plans to outline their goals for a sustainable future. However, with an absence of national guidelines or a streamlined definition of sustainability, these plans contain infinitely diverse goals, policies and motivations. One aspect of sustainability which has a diverse array of benefits and challenges is urban green space. This research uses content analysis and coding of municipal sustainability plans to gain insight into how U.S. cities conceptualize urban green space in the forms of parks, tree canopy and urban gardens and in the greater context of sustainability. This thesis specifically looks at the creation of municipal sustainability plans, how cities organize green space, how cities value green spaces, the kinds of green space goals and benchmarks that cities set, and the inclusion of equity in the realm of green spaces. The 20 case study cities have shown green spaces are an important component of sustainability planning and are conceptualized and included in varying and unique ways. The way a plan is created, the people involved or excluded from the plan creation process and the agreements or groups that cities join can impact how cities envision sustainability and how they conceptualize green space within the plan. The concepts of sustainability and green space appear to be best articulated and operationalized in the context of many voices, viewpoints and opinions. In the categorization of green space, this research found that only a few cities had headings specific to green space, but instead associated it primarily with other aspects of the natural environment. This research also found that the language used to describe green space is broad and varied. Standardization or concrete definitions of these terms may make plans more accessible. Cities discussed environmental, economic and social benefits of green spaces in their plans. Overall, cities valued environmental benefits the most and the majority of benefits identified in the plans are anthropocentric in nature. Some of the best practice green space goals identified within the plans were the inclusion of green corridors, native vegetation, increasing the tree canopy, changing zoning codes to include urban agriculture and goals related to equity and access. Overall, both the goal setting and measurement processes of urban green space serve as beneficial ways for cities to achieve their broader sustainability goals. However, these goals cannot be fully realized when their distribution and access are unequal across the city and when decisions are made without the input of local residents. This research found that there is a gulf between equity being mentioned in a plan, and the depth to which it is explored in the context of green space, leaving room for cities to improve their incorporation of equity in their planning for green spaces. This research has shown that cities conceptualize green spaces in a variety of ways and while there are several successes, there is also a lot of room for improvement in both green space planning and sustainability planning.
Parvin, Afroza. "Urban morphology, societal norms and sustainability : the case of Dhaka /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25549546.
Full textBemis, Jamie (Jamie L. ). "Urban building energy modeling as a dynamic tool for sustainability planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105072.
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Cities around the world are actively aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat the negative consequences associated with anthropogenic climate change. The City of Boston is no exception-in 2011, then-mayor Tom Menino established the rigorous goals of reducing city-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 and by 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. Given the realities of finite time and resources, it's critical to identify the most effective strategies to achieving energy efficiency in order to meet these objectives. This thesis explores how urban building energy modeling (UBEM) can be utilized to develop high-impact community-led energy efficiency programs. UBEM is a recently developed type of bottom-up energy modeling that presents a number of advantages over past urban energy modeling methods- namely, the ability for comparing complex scenarios, and the ability to generate hourly load profiles for individuals buildings. In addition, literature suggests that community-based energy efficiency programs achieve higher participation rates than traditional information-based programs. This thesis combines the technical benefits of UBEM with the practical advantages of community-led energy efficiency programs to develop a context-specific and community-based energy efficiency program for the Dudley Triangle neighborhood of Boston. It then explores how this type of a program can achieve the triple bottom line objectives of creating high quality local jobs, reducing environmental impacts, and supporting a local economy.
by Jamie Bemis.
M.C.P.
Fenton, Paul David. "Five factors for urban sustainability - exploring influences on municipal strategic planning." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-104468.
Full textPå senare år har konsensus att hållbar stadsutveckling är kritisk-för jordens och mänsklighetens framtid vuxit fram. Effekterna av befolkningstillväxten och människors påverkan på miljön syns runt om i världen, och är inte bara märkbar i många stora städer utan även i mindre städer, på landsbygden och till och med i obebodda områden. Därför står i hållbar stadsutveckling i fokus i denna licentiatavhandling.Avhandlingen fokuserar på kommunorganisationens roll i hållbar stadsutveckling och organisering av processerna att utveckla strategier och politik som syftar till hållbar stadsutveckling. Utöver det har även deltagandet av andra aktörer i sådana processer studerats. Avhandlingen avslutas genom att presentera ett nytt begrepp som kan underlätta strategisk planering, nämligen ”de fem faktorerna”.De fem faktorerna är kommuners/aktörers kapacitet att arbeta för hållbar stadsutveckling; deras mandat att driva hållbar stadsutveckling; tillgängliga resurser som får disponeras; processernas omfattning och önskat utfall; och den individuella- och kollektiva viljan att uppnå hållbar stadsutveckling. Femfaktorsbegreppet skulle kunna bidra till framtidsanalys av hållbara stadsutvecklingsprocesser, i såväl planering som genomförande. De fem faktorerna bygger på slutsatser från licenciatsavhandlingens tre artiklar samt en syntes av dessa.Den första och andra artikeln presenterar resultaten från ett forskningsprojekt som granskade processerna kring framtagande av energi- och klimatstrategier i kommuner som deltog i det svenska nationella programmet Uthållig kommun. I första artikeln ligger fokus på organiseringen av processerna, medan erfarenheterna av deltagande intressenter reflekteras över i den andra artikeln. De två artiklarna bygger på befintliga teoretiska ramverk och presenterar en mängd empiri från fem kommuner, som erhållits genom t.ex. dokumentstudier, intervjuer. Utifrån detta harslutsatser dragits kring för- och nackdelar i utformningen av planeringsprocesser för energi- och klimatstrategier, t.ex. att processer som involverar intressenter tidigt även resulterar i strategier som är mer omfattandeI den tredje artikeln presenteras resultaten av en multidisciplinär litteraturundersökning. Vetenskapliga artiklar som handlar om ”hållbar stadsutveckling” och publicerade under perioden 2011-2012 står i fokus. Artikeln syftar till att bättre förstå hur hållbar stadsutveckling tillämpas i praktiken, hur det beaktas, hur det representeras i den akademiska litteraturen, samt vilka effekter som uppstår på grund av denna representation, såsom t.ex. ett brist på analys av governance processer för hållbar stadsutveckling i kommuner. Medan de första artiklarna behandlar praktiken med hänsyn till specifika teoretiska perspektiv, syftar den tredje artikeln till att ge en överblick och identifiera utmaningar och möjligheter inom forskningen för hållbar stadsutveckling. Tillsammans illustrerar de tre artiklarna ett flertal aspekter som påverkar utvecklingen av kommunernas strategiska arbete för hållbar stadsutveckling – de fem faktorerna.
Liu, Wai-shuen. "Environmental sustainability and urban planning : a case study of Tung Chung /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23427462.
Full textHeilke, Ingrid (Ingrid Elizabeth). "Citizen implementation of sustainability measures at the neighborhood scale." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62111.
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There is the potential for citizens to make a profound impact on the sustainability of cities at the neighborhood scale. This is the scale that people relate to spatially, economically, and socially. It is also a scale that tends to be left out in sustainability planning as governments focus on the level of cities or regions, and individuals focus on their own households. Yet, some sustainability measures require coordination at the neighborhood scale. This paper is an investigation of eighteen entities that have attempted to enhance urban sustainability at the neighborhood scale either by direct implementation, by coordinating or training groups to implement measures themselves, or by developing tools to aid implementation. I discuss the successes of these endeavors, as well as the constraints and barriers that they have faced. The ultimate goal of this paper is to identify the most effective and appropriate routes for citizen implementation and to highlight how these routes can best be supported. To this end, I propose the development of a Green Blocks Toolkit, containing a suite of organizational tools, a database to track metrics and examples, and a strategy for interfacing with institutional support that can help groups overcome barriers and aid in their success and duplication.
by Ingrid Heilke.
M.C.P.
Jung, Yoonhee. "Urban Sustainability in Transformation: A Case Study of Seoul." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/601024.
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While cities across the world are adopting urban sustainability plans and pursuing ‘sustainable development,’ the question of how these urban sustainability plans have made our cities indeed sustainable is a subject of debate. Some scholars are skeptical about whether urban sustainability planning challenges or reproduces existing power imbalance in the growth politics in cities. Given the current trend that the concept of sustainability has become embedded in our culture, little is known about the urban politics around urban sustainability plans and their effectiveness in promoting balanced sustainability in Asian cities. Using a case study of Seoul through in-depth interviews, this study examines the urban politics around the decision-making process and the implementation of sustainability plans in Seoul. As a rare case of recent rapid socio-economic transformations with the legacy of a developmental state, Korea serves as an example of how these transformations are likely to have for the urban politics of sustainability policies in other Asian countries. As conclusions, developmental states like Korea with a centralized governance system tend to use a “sustainability fix” that is heavily focused on ‘pro-growth’ development. With globalization, privatization, and democratization, the growth machine politics around urban sustainability planning in Korea is similar to that observed in the Western context. However, in Seoul, the growth machine is heavily influenced by the federal government and Mayoral leadership. This is because of the embedded legacy of the developmental state. In addition, with increased democratization and a growing role of civic groups in urban politics, we see a move towards “just sustainability” in urban sustainability planning in Korea.
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Salman, Nadia R. "RETHINKING THE URBAN IDENTITY OF BAGHDAD IN THE 21ST CENTURY." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1409234638.
Full textWatson, Siobhan (Siobhan Therese). "Sustainability at the project level : the case of Willets Point, Queens." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44349.
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Citywide sustainability planning creates a vision of how environmental concerns will shape urban development, but the way these plans are incorporated into individual development projects plays a large role in determining how that vision will be achieved in practice. I propose a system for evaluating the extent to which individual urban development projects contribute to urban environmental sustainability and use it to evaluate the proposed redevelopment of Willets Point, Queens, in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made sustainability a major part of his agenda during his administration, and calls the Willets Point project a model of sustainable development. The plans for the redevelopment, however, fail to address several aspects of sustainable development as I define it, and address others only weakly. I argue that in order to achieve strong sustainability, cities must use major projects like Willets Point to rethink how they will develop, and should maximize such projects' contributions to sustainable development.
by Siobhan Watson.
M.C.P.
Clarke, Colin Brian. "City of Patterson Sustainability Plan." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/99.
Full textMarkel, Christina Paige Buist. "Building voluntary sustainability : how urban design can promote care for ecological systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59579.
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Human behavior is, in aggregate present state, unsustainable by the ecosystem of the earth. This thesis develops a behavior change model of how societies can move from unsustainable to sustainable behavior, and, because behavior is in large part a result of personal conviction, the factors that result in voluntary behavior change towards more environmentally sustainable behavior. The three key factors that trigger a desire to behave sustainably are intellectual understanding of ecosystems, engagement with ecosystems, and feedback on personal ecosystem impacts. Urban design is a key element in how the ecosystem is presented and culturally interpreted, and this thesis examines how urban design can be used to promote care for the ecosystem by offering experiences that provide the factors of behavior change. Several example cases are provided, as well as an examination of how we sense natural systems and design suggestions.
by Christina Markel.
M.C.P.
Szibbo, Nicola Alexandra. "Livability and LEED-ND| The Challenges and Successes of Sustainable Neighborhood Rating Systems." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3720855.
Full textA rating system known as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development, LEED-ND, was developed in 2007 to assess sustainability at the neighborhood scale. Although at this time LEED for buildings is a well-known and well-established program in the United States, LEED for Neighborhood Development is less widely recognized since it was developed in 2007 as compared to LEED for buildings. LEED-ND requires that certified developments meet credit areas in three main categories: a) smart location and linkage (SLL), b) neighborhood pattern and design (NPD), and c) green infrastructure and buildings (GIB). LEED-ND goes above and beyond singularly requiring sustainable mobility, traditional neighborhood design, or green building; rather, it incorporates the above three categories into a single rating system. To date, prior LEED rating systems (New Construction and Existing Buildings) have focused on the building scale, as have most critiques of such metrics. Few authors have ventured to analyze the neighborhood rating system with the exception of Garde (2009) and Ewing et al. (2013) and Sharifi and Murayama (2013), who have only used only secondary scorecard data and other aggregated data to assess the success or predict outcomes of LEED-ND neighborhoods. No post-occupancy studies have been conducted to date that take into consideration the resident’s perception and stated preferences. Additionally, no studies have examined in detail the provision of affordable housing within LEED-ND developments.
LEED-ND has been rapidly adopted as the de-facto green neighborhood standard and is now used to measure the sustainability of neighborhood design around the world. Like the previous LEED green building rating systems, LEED-ND is heavily reliant on physical & environmental design criteria (measures such as compact urban form and transit accessibility), and is based on an expert-generated point system. LEED-ND thus excels in measuring ‘environmental sustainability’ through its stringent environmental performance criteria. However, it fails to critically address important livability factors—namely social and economic factors—and there has not been a critical examination of how to properly weigh the various factors in response to user preferences. Scholars have emphasized that the major weakness of sustainable development agendas, emphasizing that although assessment of environmental sustainability is quite thorough, often sustainable development projects fail to adequately address or operationalize social and economic sustainability. Ultimately, creating metrics for social and economic sustainability is more complicated than developing metrics for environmental sustainability, which can be reduced to direct built environment performance measures. At the neighborhood scale, socio-cultural and socio-economic concerns—such as affordable housing—become magnified for residents. Accordingly, this dissertation argues that socio-cultural and socio-economic factors and user preferences require a more significant foothold in neighborhood scale rating systems, if such systems purport to fully support all three tiers of sustainability: social, economic and environmental (Wheeler 2004). Specifically, this study examines affordable housing as a proxy for social equity and social sustainability in LEED-ND neighborhoods, and determines the extent to which principles of social sustainability are being upheld.
This dissertation advances the emerging field of sustainable neighborhood rating systems, by illustrating and evaluating a significant gap in current sustainable neighborhood evaluation systems. Cutting across planning, landscape architecture, architecture, psychology and sociology in both Canada and the US, the study critically questions the LEED-ND rating system as the epitome of sustainable development. This dissertation illustrates that in order to be truly sustainable, developments must consider social-cultural and socio-economic livability factors alongside environmental factors, including post-occupancy evaluation. This dissertation also asks the question if social equity and affordability issues can be singularly addressed by a voluntary, market-based rating system, or if a broader range of strategies is needed to ensure the provision of affordable housing in new sustainable developments. Ultimately, this study provides recommendations to improve the rating system, with a specific focus on affordable housing.
Garza, Jorge. "Gentrification, Neoliberalism and Place Displacement and Resistance in Flagstaff." Thesis, Northern Arizona University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13423758.
Full textThis thesis connects the lived experience of displacement to the greater paradigm of neoliberalism. The presence of neoliberalism is insidious and ubiquitous and yet even its existence is disputed in the literature. Neoliberalism is not only capitalism on steroids, bigger and in more places, but a new regime of logic that reduces human relations to profit, naturalizes competition and pushes responsibility onto the individual. Urban space in America and especially the process of gentrification, the reshaping of the built environment to facilitate profit, is a powerful space of expression of neoliberal policies in everyday life. Displacement is a violent and dehumanizing realization of the commodification of land. This research follows the lived experience of families displaced from a mobile home park in Flagstaff, Arizona. Residents received a letter of eviction a week before Thanksgiving of 2017 and the mobile home park was boarded up by July of the following year. Through in-depth interviews with the residents and participant observation in the ensuing movement to keep these families in their homes, this research compiles the lived experience of these individuals and provides an analysis of their situation. Paulo Freire argued that every person has the ability to understand and build solutions to their reality in them. This research hopes to illuminate the lived experience of neoliberalism, gentrification, and offer a powerful message of generative solidarity collaboratively distilled from the experience of the displaced residents.
Xia, Jie M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Impacts of residential developments on local sustainability : case study in Metro Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69460.
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Along with urbanization and decentralization, the sustainability of metropolitan areas is considered one of the most significant challenges worldwide. Transportation-related problems, such as congestion, GHG emissions, and excessive energy consumption, have been imposing tremendous pressure on the sustainability of metropolitan areas. As a noticeable component of urban form, local residential developments may have great influence on local and regional sustainability. However, few studies have addressed the impacts of individual residential development projects on local sustainability and the underlying implications for regional plans in detail. The purpose of this study is to propose an analytical framework that can reveal different transport-related impacts of individual residential developments located in different types of communities, to examine whether new residents have travel patterns similar to existing residents, and to explore why such impacts differ across the selected developments by analyzing the built environment characteristics of each development. Nine residential developments constructed during 2000-2005 have been selected based on various criteria. Two Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) indicators -VMT per vehicle and VMT per household - are computed to represent the level of sustainability for each development. The study also estimates the average VMT indicators for the neighboring areas (750m buffer areas) and the towns where the selected projects are located. A comparison of the results suggests that residential developments do have different impacts on local sustainability in terms of VMT indicators and that new residents do not always have travel patterns exactly the same as those of existing residents. The built environment characteristics of the development areas, their surrounding areas, and their towns are investigated to analyze why the transport-related consequences vary across the selected developments. Some indicators are calculated including densities (population density and road density), land-use mix, location (distances to public transit and major roads), and other factors (job accessibility and neighborhood building age). The results illustrate that population density, land-use mix, distance to major roads, and job accessibility have greater influence over resultant VMT variations.
by Jie Xia.
M.C.P.
Rodenbiker, Jesse. "Superscribing Sustainability: Reformulating China's Contemporary Urbanism." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13278.
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Wikström, Anna. "The Challenge of Change: Planning for social urban resilience. : An analysis of contemporary planning aims and practices." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-91920.
Full textKydönholma, Josefina, and Eira Bonell. "Unboxing cultural planning - A qualitative study of finding the language of the concept cultural planning." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22813.
Full textAs citizens in an increasingly global and digitalized world, everyone feels small from time to time. Cities expand and at the same time the sense of belonging to a neighbourhood decrease. It is hard to find a way to root ourselves. While arguments occur over human nature, it is safe to assert that humans are social beings, and we have a need to interact with each other. Public spaces should fill the need of physical space were communities and neighbourhoods can meet, but trends in city planning move in different directions. We need places, paths and roads that are built for us, where there is room for interaction and encounters. We need an urban everyday life that allows us being human. Cultural planning is an approach and concept that has the potential to fill the void between city planning and citizens’ needs. When talking about tools in the field of cultural planning, we must ask what tools exist and how do we use them? In this thesis we identify and explore a network of people and groups involved with cultural planning, as well as the different tools associated with it. Within the network, the term cultural planning is discussed as problematic. This led us to our questions: How is cultural planning conceptualized? How can cultural planning become more established and recognized? And how can the cultural planning network be strengthened?Our goals are to unbox the concept of cultural planning by finding its language, and during our process help the network in their future work of communicating cultural planning. We call this unboxing cultural planning. The central focus of this study is the concept of cultural planning. Since the concept is complex and not yet established, we will examine cultural planning from three starting points. Using perspectives from different professions and practitioners, we explore cultural planning as a term, as an approach, and as a collection of core values. By constructing case studies and analysing them through four relevant terms, we suggest on how to widen the concept and network of cultural planning.
Evans, David. "Urban design qualities in the planning and development of small new settlements." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363722.
Full textCunha, Dilip da. "Toward a planning framework for environmental sustainability : the non-dualistic approach of tradition." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73305.
Full textTitle as it appeared in M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1989: Sustainable development, the alternative of tradition in planning.
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by Dilip da Cunha.
M.C.P.
Martin, Amanda W. (Amanda Whittemore). "Social equity in urban sustainability initiatives : strategies and metrics for Baltimore and beyond." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67231.
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Almost all cities in the United States have initiated efforts to become more sustainable. Theoretically, sustainability encompasses social equity, as well as ecological and economic systems. In practice, many cities are unsure about the role of equity in sustainability planning. With greater knowledge of how urban sustainability initiatives affect social equity, public officials will better be able to incorporate equity into their activities. However, at this time there are few tools and almost no data to conduct such an analysis. This thesis addresses this gap by using Baltimore, Maryland, as a case study to answer two questions: (1) What are cities doing in their sustainability efforts that has the potential to affect social equity? And (2) How will we know if cities are, in fact, advancing equity by planning for sustainability? This thesis finds that without a targeted effort to address local equity issues relevant to sustainability, these plans, policies, and programs are unlikely to produce any significant effect on existing inequities. A community-based engagement strategy to identify relevant equity issues will help cities establish these priorities and craft strategies to address them. However, cities also need to overcome major barriers to implementation in order to move toward sustainability. Sustainability planning lacks a precedent for implementation; adapting existing planning and regulatory schemes to sustainability objectives will provide one effective strategy. Leveraging public and private investments also holds promise. To facilitate learning about the relationship between sustainability strategies and equity outcomes, a protocol for assessing social equity impacts of urban sustainability plans is proposed. The thesis concludes with recommendations for cities like Baltimore that have sustainability initiatives, cities that have not yet initiated sustainability efforts, and researchers and evaluators.
by Amanda W. Martin.
M.C.P.
Lightman, Deborah. "Community-based social marketing at the neighborhood scale : sustainable behavior or neighborhood sustainability?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67228.
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Social marketing has long been used in the field of public health, but its application in the environmental world is only a decade old. Although McKenzie-Mohr and Smith's (1999) guide to "community-based social marketing" (CBSM) has gained increasing support, there have been few attempts to delineate when CBSM can (and should) be used. In this thesis, I explore the use of CBSM at the neighborhood scale: first, to encourage the uptake of rain barrels and rain gardens; and second, to advance long-term sustainability as defined in the sustainable communities literature. My research focuses on the potential opportunities and limitations of CBSM in three very different neighborhoods in the Greater Toronto Area. Interviews with homeowners in the three neighborhoods revealed surprisingly high levels of rain barrel interest and ownership among people who do not self-identify as "environmentalists". I suggest that different CBSM strategies may be useful for promoting rain barrels among individuals who self-identify in different ways. In contrast, rain gardens received limited support from non-environmentalists and appeared challenging to promote. I suggest that CBSM programs to encourage rain gardens will be more effective if clearly tied to local issues. I outline strategies for increasing the local relevance of CBSM and highlight the benefits of including diverse residents at all stages of program design. Finally, I argue that practitioners should assess opportunities for CBSM to contribute to long-term neighborhood sustainability. In all three neighborhoods, CBSM holds little potential to directly address residents' sustainability priorities, since these issues require neighborhood-level efforts. However, modified versions of CBSM may be able to indirectly contribute to long-term sustainability by fostering social capital, attachment to place and awareness of links between environmental, economic and social issues.
by Deborah Lightman.
M.C.P.
Karetny, Jane Abigail. "Planning Towards Sustainable Food Systems: An Analysis of U.S. Municipal Food System Plans." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1607085379674489.
Full textHoolachan, Andrew. "Scalar politics : sustainability planning under Localism and the delivery of London's Olympic legacy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269398.
Full textPastala, Vijaya A. "Water for the people--promoting equity and sustainability through watershed developments in rural Maharashtra." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69300.
Full textJonsson, Daniel. "Sustainable Urban Development : Forecasting and Appraisal." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Infrastructure, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-1677.
Full textLebovits, Hannah Y. "PEOPLE, PLACE, PROCESS: UNPACKING LOCAL EFFORTS TO PRODUCE SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1610463733360939.
Full textChong, Sophia S. M. (Sophia Sing Mae) 1975. "Strategic policy approaches to technological development for sustainability : the role of consensus building and experimentation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65255.
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This thesis explores how technological transitions can be better implemented in society, to help achieve sustainability goals. The focus is specifically on technologies that may imply a paradigm shift, which is a change in existing practices or norms. To overcome potential barriers to market and societal penetration, government has traditionally initiated regulations and economic incentives to help diffuse the technology. However, a major impediment to technological shifts is the lack of effective interaction among the relevant institutions and other stakeholders. Through case study examples, it is argued that effective interaction for technological transitions can best be achieved through the use of consensus building strategies which can help promote legitimacy, development of institutional relationships, and learning. In recognition of this, an additional strategy is proposed for government - creating a forum for effective interaction to test or experiment with new sustainable technologies.
by Sophia S.M. Chong.
M.C.P.
Shackleton, Charlie, and Nanamhla Gwedla. "Street trees contribute to urban sustainability in South African towns." Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/54269.
Full textFonda-Bonardi, Allegra Gentile. "ALL AT ONCE : integrating sustainability into arts-focused neighborhood development in a hot real Estate market." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99082.
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Cities with industrial legacies often seek to redevelop former brownfield sites into opportunities for economic growth. Some of these same cities are also attempting to promote neighborhood-scale arts-oriented development for that same purpose. In this research, I explore whether and how cities with both rapidly intensifying real estate markets and a growing creative economy promote neighborhood-scale arts-oriented development projects. My research is based on the premise that integrating city-wide environmental, social, and economic sustainability into these projects is more likely to create civic spaces that meet the competing longterm interests of multiple stakeholder groups than projects focused on meeting contending needs in separate, dissociated locations. Based on a year-long study of the ARTFarm for Social Innovation in Somerville, Massachusetts, I examine the challenges of implementing mutually reinforcing environmental remediation, arts-based development, and sustainability in a rapidly intensifying real estate market. I base my analysis on key informant interviews, close readings of site planning documents, and other data gathered as a participant-observer at planning meetings. To date, ambiguous land use tenure agreements and a narrow focus on integration within the bounds of a 2.2 acre site have eroded the ARTFarm's ability to pursue multidimensional sustainability and meet stakeholder interests. I conclude that projects like the ARTFarm could act as a staging area and home base for sustainability initiatives and programming on a network of sites rather than being confined to activities on specific and consequentially often problematic sites. Cities could use these projects as the context to enlist private developers to help fund remediation by ensuring that a portion of the remediated land gets returned to the public for well-planned environmental and social uses. Shifting to a coordination role enables ARTFarm to deploy a distributed network of urban experiments that seek creative ways to optimize sustainability objectives on publicly owned land.
by Allegra Gentile Fonda-Bonardi.
M.C.P.