Planning for sustainable urbanisation in fast growing cities: Mitigation and adaptation issues addressed in Dhaka, Bangladesh

M Roy - Habitat international, 2009 - Elsevier
… clearly linked to the very nature of the urbanisation process. … The high level of air pollution
combined with traffic congestion … and promoting future urban and regional sustainability. More …

Integrated assessment for sustainability appraisal in cities and regions

J Ravetz - Environmental impact assessment review, 2000 - Elsevier
… of evidence on sustainable urban development, we … linked as composite sets, and to
assess them by referring to a normative target state for the whole system. For instance air quality

Defining and advancing a systems approach for sustainable cities

X Bai, A Surveyer, T Elmqvist, FW Gatzweiler… - … opinion in environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
… The latter issue could be addressed through Future Earth's … growth and urbanization,
developing sustainable and resilient … (Urban KAN) aims at connecting scientists from all fields to …

Resource management as a key factor for sustainable urban planning

CM Agudelo-Vera, AR Mels, KJ Keesman… - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
… Due to fast urbanization and increasing living standards, the … and its report “Our common
future” placed the issue of SD at … Paradoxically, more than a century later, formal links are still …

Urban Form, Air Pollution, and CO2 Emissions in Large US Metropolitan Areas

B Bereitschaft, K Debbage - The Professional Geographer, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… of air pollution is not confined by municipal, urbanized area, or … fruitful to further investigate
the links that exist between the … increasingly essential to the nation's long-term sustainability. …

The paradox of the sustainable city: definitions and examples

AM Hassan, H Lee - Environment, development and sustainability, 2015 - Springer
… for further enhancing sustainability in future projects; using … “urban sustainability” and “sustainable
urban development” … of an automatic water–air pollution monitor system. The system is …

[HTML][HTML] From urban meteorology, climate and environment research to integrated city services

A Baklanov, CSB Grimmond, D Carlson, D Terblanche… - Urban Climate, 2018 - Elsevier
… ) recognizes that rapid urbanization necessitates new types of … , thriving sustainable cities
that promote the Sustainable … temporal scales connecting local emissions, air quality and …

[HTML][HTML] The impacts of urbanisation and climate change on urban flooding and urban water quality: A review of the evidence concerning the United Kingdom

JD Miller, M Hutchins - Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2017 - Elsevier
… the current and future combined impacts of urbanisation and … lack of empirical observations
linking urbanisation and flow … all significant barriers to sustainable and effective adaptation …

Promoting win–win situations in climate change mitigation, local environmental quality and development in Asian cities through co-benefits

JAP de Oliveira, CNH Doll, TA Kurniawan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2013 - Elsevier
… Taken together, these features make Asian urbanization and its … By linking the air pollution
control policy to the industrial … in the area of environmental sustainability like ICLEI (Local …

Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and health-new concepts, methods and tools to improve health in cities

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen - Environmental health, 2016 - Springer
… , also environmental pollution increases with urbanization. … of the main threats to sustainable
territorial development; public … the links between built environment, environmental exposure …