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This collection of research papers, presented at meetings organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT), concerns a variety of issues relating to the area of sustainable development. WIT has a long and very successful record of organising conferences on the topic of sustainability, which requires an interdisciplinary approach. Any sustainable solutions that are derived solely from the perspective of a single discipline may have unintended damaging consequences that create new problems. Thus effective sustainable solutions require the collaboration of scientists and engineers from various disciplines, as well as planners, architects, environmentalists, policy makers, social scientists, and economists.The contents of this book reflect that interdisciplinary approach, and include topics under the main areas of: Sustainable Assessment and Indicators; Regional Planning; Sustainability and the Built Environment; Energy and the Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental Impact; Water Resources Management; Water Pollution Studies; Architectural Heritage; Air Pollution Studies; Cultural Heritage Sustainable Tourism; Urban Transport Planning and Management; Public Transport Systems; Safety and Resilience; Extreme Events; Disaster Management; Emergency Preparedness; Social and Political Issues.

Table of Contents:
ContentsVolume 1Section 1: Sustainable assessment and indicatorsImplementation of new spatial tools for integrated urban development plans in small and medium cities; Cu Lao Cham Biosphere Reserve sustainability project in Vietnam: corporate framework for sustainable development management; Urban sustainability and individual behaviour; An assessment plan for lean and green sustainability practices in the supply chain of hotels; Sustainability assessment in the built environment of Lake Mariout, Alexandria city, Egypt: factors and a decision framework; Regional sustainable development assessment for an air quality index system: a case study of the Macau Special Administration Region; Contemporary development and sustainability indicators at the Royal Commission of Yanbu; Methodology towards defining multi-scalar attributes of sustainability indicators in historical urban areas: assessment tool developmentSection 2: Regional planningIntegrated territorial investments: challenges and opportunities - case study of Romania; Peri-urban dynamics and land-use planning for the Greater Cairo Region in Egypt; Bicentric conurbation and its territorial developmentSection 3: Sustainability and the built environmentGreen property management for commercial buildings; Policies for promoting green buildings at the local level: a case study of Ningbo, China; Forecasting office rentals in Gaborone in the short and long term; "Taking the pulse" of doctors and nurses to reduce pharmaceutical residues in the water cycle: a ground-breaking survey and its educational implications; Preliminary study on the estimation of urban embodied emissions using case-based reasoningSection 4: Energy and the environmentEnergy-efficient building with the integrated use of renewable energy sources in severe weather conditions; Ecosystem based business model of a smart grid; PQ analysis of a rooftop solar PV: a grid connected PV system pilot project in Indonesia; Enhanced biogas production from landfill leachate by low frequency ultrasound; LNG: an alternative fuel for road freight transport in Europe; CO2 emissions, energy consumption and GDP: evidence from IraqSection 5: Environmental managementAnthropic pressure and management of the municipal natural area of the "Clot de Galvany" (Elche, Spain); Examining change in complex social-ecological systems using multiple long-term records: the New Forest - a case study; Harnessing latent sustainability: a postcolonial perspective; Sustainable development of P/M ceramics from steel mill scale and lignite fly ash mixtures; EMAS: unfulfilled expectations and challenges associated with the planned publication of the new ISO 14001:2015; Non-powered dust removal device attached underneath a train cabin in a subway tunnelSection 6: Environmental impactCollaborated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to improve regional environmental quality; The impact of Gouin Reservoir management on the ecohydrological drought characteristics of streamflow in the Saint-Maurice River (Quebec, Canada); Composition and diversity of the fish assemblages under influence of a gradient river/dam of Taquari River, Sao Paulo, BrazilSection 7: Water resources managementIndicators to evaluate water sensitive urban design in urban planning; Defining and measuring river basin sustainability: a case study of the Yellow River; Informing infrastructure planning processes for IUWM projects; Environmental characterization of a fluvian lagoon ecosystem (Pom-Atasta, Campeche, Mexico) as a critical manatee habitat; The conservation of basins and the irrigation districts in Mexico; Hydrodynamics modelling utilizing the EFDC Explorer model for the sustainable management of Canal del Dique-Guajaro hydrosystem, Colombia; Best applicable geostatistical model for interpolating groundwater-levels in El-Obour city, Egypt; Data-driven modelling for pore water pressure variation responses to rainfall; Water and energy consumption after the modernization of irrigation in Spain; Optimizing irrigation rate in a sandy loam soil using a numerical approach; Understanding farmers' groundwater attitudes for better groundwater management; Applicability study of permeable pavements in Dubai; An exploratory analysis of the text mining of news articles about "water and society"Section 8: Water pollution studiesReal-time detection of microbial intrusion in potable water using advanced devices; Arsenic detection from water using a silver-modified carbon nanotubes composite electrode; Advanced degradation of pentachlorophenol from water and process control using carbon nanofibers based composite electrodes; Voltammetric/amperometric detection of salicylic acid in water on carbon nanotubes-epoxy composite electrodesSection 9: Architectural heritageAnalysis and seismic retrofit study of a heritage-listed R/C elevated water tower; Conservation and vulnerability analysis of architectural heritage on small islands: a case study of Kinmen; Erbil Citadel restoration: some thoughts on earth-built constructions exposed to seismic action; Structural optimization of timber beams with composite materials; Investigation of the Achaemenid period pottery production technology from the Seyitomer Mound (Kutahya, Turkey); Investigation of the Hellenistic period pottery production technology from the Seyitomer Mound (Kutahya/Turkey); Investigation of the Roman period pottery production technology from the Seyitomer Mound (Kutahya/Turkey); Criteria of waxes' performance in the consolidation of steatites (soapstone) in heritage buildingsAuthor indexVolume 2Section 10: Air pollution studiesA case study: an environmental and economic analysis of Turin District's heating system combined with a cogeneration plant; Influence of the extreme phases of the ENSO phenomenon (El Nino and La Nina) on air quality in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley (Colombia); Evaluation of SO2 emissions from large scale power plants using OMI SO2 retrievals for Turkey; Preliminary results of the project "Supersito" concerning the atmospheric aerosol composition in Emilia-Romagna region, Italy: PM source apportionment and aerosol size distribution; Relationship between indoor air chemical exposure and adverse health effects in a multiple chemical sensitivity suspected patient: a case report study; Exposure to air pollutants in hospitals: indoor-outdoor correlations; Biofiltration using natural materials from Portuguese woods for odour removal in a municipal waste management plant; Estimation of Nox deposition velocities for selected commercial photocatalytic products; Three-dimensional CFD modeling approach to approximate air pollution conditions in high-latitude open-pit minesSection 11: Cultural heritageFlood protection in historical towns; Use and spatial efficiency of housing facilities and their influence on overall user comfort in blocks of flats in the Czech Republic; Quantification of mechanical loads induced by traffic and visitors on museum collections placed in a cultural heritage building; Social transformations in burial place making: a visibility pattern analysis of three historical cemeteriesSection 12: Sustainable tourismThe relationship between destination image and satisfaction: visits to Macao World Heritage as a moderator; Exploring tourists' attitudes towards Macao: a semantic network analysis of micro-blogs; Research on the construction of the heritage corridor dynamic tour system: the Grand Canal (Hangzhou section) as an exampleSection 13: Urban transport planning and managementCity sustainability: a transport perspective - a journey continues; Potential contribution of LUTI models in contemporary strategic planning for urban mobility: a case study of the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki; Urban transport: analysis of commute energy use; Stakeholder perspectives of street works management in England; Possibilities of benchmarking application in public passenger transport enterprises; A life cycle costing framework for effective maintenance management in a rolling stock environment; Multidimensional parameter space for an individual prediction of the range in the field of pedelecsSection 14: Public transport systemsUnder or above ground: differing choice rationales for the light rail systems of Karlsruhe and Hannover; Analysis of return-home behaviors and suitable information for public transport users during downpour disasters; Analysis of injuries to young and old Victorian public transport users: 2006 to 2010; Light rail transit in Mysore: complimenting land use and transportSection 15: Safety and resilienceTowards urban sustainability via disaster resilience assessment: a new approach towards constructing seismic resilience metrics; Creating resilient SMEs: is business continuity management the answer?; Concept of a community security centre in the multi-hazard environment of a protected area in Bucharest, Romania; A review of post-disaster child protection and psychosocial programming in high and middle income countries; The level of driver personality and stress experienced as factors influencing behavior on the road; Design of a multisensor system for a highly integrated driver fatigue monitoring technology; Human-based solutions for open-door train departuresSection 16: Extreme eventsEvaluation of flood volume and inundation depth by GIS midstream of Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand; Modelling the impact of climate change and variability on water availability and economic likelihood: an example from the CaribbeanSection 17: Disaster managementMapping of occupational hazards at Palma Industrial Park, Constantine, Algeria; A risk assessment tool for mobile identity and access management systems during disaster response; Issues and challenges in managing enablers for the Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia in search and rescue missions; Impact of major incidents on health system performance, security and health protection; A novel framework for analyzing idiosyncratic and covariate shocks in developing countries; Seismic fragility of weir structures due to sliding effectSection 18: Emergency preparednessIncorporating mindfulness mechanisms in designing support systems for multiagency interoperability in emergency management; Hybrid structures in disaster management: political and administrative multi-layered approaches; A stakeholder perspective in managing floods in Malaysia; An intervention to increase earthquake and fire preparednessSection 19: Social and political issues28 years into "Our Common Future": sustainable development in the post-Brundtland world; Social vulnerability and political advocacy after Hurricane Katrina; Housing price control: is it a way forward?; Considerations of user comfort in open spaces: lessons learned from the design of public spaces in the Eastern Mediterranean; A study on the damage costs for private information leakage using the contingent valuation method; Inclusive path dependent analysis of sustainable urban environmental governance; The effectiveness of European regulation for vehicle noise controlAuthor index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781784661571
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Depth: 83
  • Height: 176 mm
  • No of Pages: 1340
  • Spine Width: 85 mm
  • Width: 279 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1784661570
  • Publisher Date: 06 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Edition: Special
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 168 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Weight: 2358 gr


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