Overview
- Examines the impact of mega events on sustainable development
- Delves into though-provoking topics that challenge conventional approaches to urban development
- Offers a refreshing alternative to current practices, making it vital to shaping the future of cities and communities
Part of the book series: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI)
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Table of contents (35 papers)
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Front Matter
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City Planning: Urbanization and Development
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Enhancing Urban Environments: Open Spaces and Community Interactions
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Past and Future: City’s Image and Preservation
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Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities
Keywords
- Urban Planning
- Sustainable Design
- Urbanization
- Development
- Gentrification
- Social Sustainability
- Transit Oriented Development
- Mega Events
- Open Spaces
- Human Behavior
- Public Spaces
- Community Gardens
- Campus Design
- Urban Identity
- Preservation
- Cultural Development
- Vertical Gardens
- Biodiversity
- Green Infrastructure
- Energy-efficient Envelopes
About this book
This book discusses a crucial paradigm shift in urban planning and architectural design, addressing the urgent need for sustainability and adaptation in the face of rapidly changing climate and urban landscapes.
Ideal for urban planners, architects, researchers, and policymakers, this book weaves together cutting-edge research and innovative applications from the 7th edition of the international conference on Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development organized by IEREK in collaboration with the Architecture Department at the University of Florence, Italy. Through a collection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers, it offers a cohesive narrative emphasizing the vital role of spatial design at all scales.
Readers will explore diverse case studies, from bustling megacities to forgotten villages, showcasing the local impacts of global challenges and the efforts to prevent, neutralize or mitigate them. With an insightful blend of qualitative and quantitative methods, the book uncovers the multi-functionality of blue-green infrastructure, the potentials of urban voids, and the urgent need for ecological transition. Unveiling the gap between current governance instruments and pressing challenges, this book serves as a compass for crafting inclusive, livable, and environmentally conscious cities and communities.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Francesco Alberti
Francesco Alberti is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and design at the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, where he is currently in charge of the Laboratory of Urban Planning and Design at the 5-year Master's Degree Course in Architecture, and of post-graduate courses in “Smart City Planning” and “Sustainable mobility infrastructures”. Moreover, he is the scientific coordinator of the research unit "SUP&R" (Sustainable Urban Projects & Research) and of the related university spin-off "Urban LIFE” (Urban Liveability & Innovation for Everyone) and a member of the scientific team of the University of Florence at the spoke “Urban Mobility” of the “Nation Centre on Sustainable Mobility”, established in 2022 by the Italian Government.
His scientific interests in the fields of spatial planning and urban design refer to an approach aimed at giving cultural consistency and operational continuity between the dimensions of research and education on the themes of the city and the territory, with a special focus on two main areas:
- the relationship between urban planning, design and management in the perspective of sustainability;
- the interpretation of mobility systems as "public spaces", playing a major role in structuring contemporary territories.
Professor Paola Gallo
Professor Paola Gallo is Architect, Academic, and Scholar in Architectural Technology at the University of Florence in Italy.
With more than 20 years of experience in the field of built environment and sustainable governance, she works on Energy Efficiency in Architecture, especially in Refurbishment Field, and is specialized also in Industrial Ecologically Equipped Areas Planning.
Since 2007, she has been Member of the Scientific Secretary of the University Research Center ABITA (Bioecological Architecture and Technological Innovation for the Environment) set up between the Universities of Florence, Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Reggio Calabria, and Genoa. Starting from 2018, she has been Director of European Master Course “ABITA – Sustainable Design and Technologies for Built Environment” at the University of Florence.
Professor Paola Gallo has gained experience in scientific peer-reviewed publishing as Author in the field of Technology of Architecture and has also attended and presented papers in several international and national conferences.
Abraham R Matamanda (PhD Urban & Regional Planning) is an NRF Y2-rated Urban and Regional Planner who also trained as a social ecologist. Abraham lectures at the University of Free State (UFS) in the Department of Geography. Abraham is currently the editor of the Town Planning Journal published by UFS and also serves on the academic editorial board of Plos Water Journal. He is a fellow of the Department of Higher Education and Training Future Professorate Programme Phase 1, third Cohort. Abraham is the South African PI for a global collaborative research project exploring how children and young people from monetary poor households have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on food, education and play/leisure. His research focuses on urban governance and planning, climate change adaptation and resilience, informal Global South urbanism, urban food systems, and housing studies. Abraham is co-editor of the book Urban Geography in Postcolonial Zimbabwe: Paradigms and perspectives for sustainable urban planning and governance published with Springer Nature in 2021.
Dr. Eric J. Strauss
Dr. Eric Strauss is Land Use Lawyer, Urban and Regional Planner, and Academic who has taught in both fields. He has held faculty positions in the following fields: Agriculture, Architecture and Urban Design, Environmental studies, geography, Law, Public Administration, Public Affairs, and Urban and Regional Planning.
Dr. Strauss began his career working as Governor’s Staff in Wisconsin. He then joined the University of Kansas where he was Chair of the Graduate Program in Urban Planning. His research areas included such topics as energy conservation, growth management, and adequate public facilities.
He has published in a variety of academic and professional publications. He recently co-authored a textbook on land use law. His research has been funded by federal, state, and local governments as well as private organizations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities
Editors: Francesco Alberti, Paola Gallo, Abraham R. Matamanda, Eric J. Strauss
Series Title: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47793-5Published: 18 April 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47796-6Due: 19 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-47794-2Published: 17 April 2024
Series ISSN: 2522-8714
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8722
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 458
Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations, 280 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Urban Ecology