Abstract
The increase in the world’s population has been paralleled with high rates of migration to cities and rapid urbanization, which cause problems for city management and the environment. One of the great challenges in urban development is mitigating the effects of microclimate on the urban area. The goal of sustainability approaches is to adopt a new view of human, environment, and space to develop mechanisms that link all these elements within a balanced organizational structure of urban clustering. Urban renewal requires a multifaceted strategic approach incorporating both local and regional regulations, developed through multi-sector and multi-agency partnerships. Thus, sustainable urban renewal is a concept to integrate the global concept of sustainability into the urban renewal process. To transform such abstract concepts into real practices, an effective method should be worked out. This study applies the triple sustainable values system, i.e. economy, environment, and social equity into urban renewal projects in order to reduce energy consumption and create a comfortable environment in hot and dry climates. For this goal, a chosen district was analyzed and evaluated in city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq, employing a field survey and questionnaires among local residents to identify the existing urban problem in microclimate. In this paper, a model proposes solutions for the study area to support appropriate strategies for sustainable urban renewal, transferable to other districts within the city or even to other cities with same climate in the north of Iraq.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
- 1.
The family of Baban (1649–1850) ruled a Kurdish principality which encompassed areas of present-day Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iran from the early 17th century until 1850.
References
European Environment Agency: Sustainability Issues, what is a resource-efficient city? EEA Technical report, pp. 5–70 (2015)
Yavuz, A.: The Relationship Between Sustainable Urbanisation and Urban Renewal: An Evaluation of Trabzon City Sample. Sustainable Urbanization, pp. 155–176. IntechOpen, London (2016)
Al-Shihri, F.: Principles of sustainable development and their application in urban planning in Saudi Arabia. J. Eng. Sci. 41(3), 1–25 (2013)
Science Communication Unit SCU: Indicators for Sustainable Cities. In-depth report, University of the West of England, Bristol, pp. 5–23 (2018)
Bahgat, R., Reffat, R.M., Elkady, S.L.: Energy efficiency design guide for optimal urban features of open spaces in residential complexes. Acad. Res. Comm. Publ. 3(1), 136–152 (2019)
Lee, J.S.: Enhancing sustainability in downtown by triple-value adding to urban redevelopment efforts: A case study of Seoul, Korea. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington (2003)
Robert, T., Gabriele, L.: Urban Design for Sustainability, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Final report, pp. 7–43 (2004)
Lee, G., Chan, E.: Effective approach to achieve sustainable urban renewal in densely populated cities, pp. 617–627 (2006)
Zhiyong, Y., Liu, G., Lang, W., Shrestha, A., Martek, I.: Strategic approaches to sustainable urban renewal in developing countries: A case study of Shenzhen, China. Sustainability 9(8), 2–19 (2017)
Kharofa, O.H.: Urban renewal policies according to sustainability methods. Al-Qadisiyah J. Eng. Sci. 7(3), 105–133 (2014)
Abdulgader, A., Aina, Y.: Sustainable cities: an integrated strategy for sustainable urban design. WIT Trans. Ecol. Environ. 84, 15–24 (1970)
URA: Urban Renewal Authority, Urban Renewal Strategy. Annual report, Hong Kong, pp. 1–20 (2011)
Umberto, P., Katrin, L., Gerald, B.: Urban Sustainable Development Approaches of Three Different Cities, European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN), pp. 1–16 (2014)
GCS: Geography and Climate in Sulaimani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaymaniyah (2019)
Radha, C.: Sustainable renovation of residential buildings in subtropical climate zone. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pecs, pp. 17–29 (2018)
MPPRS: Master Plan Proposed Report of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan (2009)
Map Iraq. https://www.google.com/map/Iraq
Alinowski, J.: Iraq a Geography, Geography & Environmental Engineering, United State Military Academy, West Point NY, p. 236 (2001)
MS: Municipality of Sulaimani. Annual report, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurditan (2009)
SDS: Statistics Department of Sulaimani. Annual report (2009)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Hama Radha, C.A., Elhadad, S., Kistelegdi, I. (2021). Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Urban Renewal in Hot and Dry Climate. In: Bevilacqua, C., Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 178. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_86
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_86
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-48278-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-48279-4
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and RoboticsIntelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)