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Improving urban environments, strategies for healthier and more sustainable cities, edited by Marco Ragazzi, PhD

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

Improving urban environments

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edited by Marco Ragazzi, PhD

strategies for healthier and more sustainable cities

"Because cities are such complex systems, creating sustainable urban environments is a challenging goal. No single strategy--or even several strategies--will be enough to achieve tomorrow's healthy and sustainable cities. The challenges resist compartmentalization, because the factors intersect and overlap. The articles in this compendium were chosen to expand the understanding of these complicated issues in a non-linear way. The editor, himself a respected and experienced researcher in this field, has selected research in the following topics: improving urban air quality; municipal solid waste alternatives; municipal water management; reducing urban energy consumption. The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary strategies found in these chapters will be useful to both researchers and practitioners, helping them work together more effectively to solve the complex challenges of reaching healthy and sustainable urban futures. The book suggests the concrete implications of the various strategies for different user groups, such as urban planners, politicians, researchers, and business interests. It will be useful to graduate-level students of urban studies, urban planning, and sustainability, as well as policymakers and sustainability advocates around the world."--, Provided by publisher

Environmental assessments in the built environment : crucial yet underdeveloped / Jukka Heinonen, Arpad Horvath, and Seppo Junnila -- Critical analysis of strategies for PM reduction in urban areas / Gabriela Ionescu, Tiberiu Apostol, Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Ragazzi, and Vincenzo Torretta -- Application of strategies for particulate matter reduction in urban areas : an Italian case / Vincenzo Torretta, Massimo Raboni, Sabrina Copelli, Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Ragazzi, Gabriela Ionescu, Tiberiu Apostol, and Adrian Badea -- Infrastructure and automobile shifts : positioning transit to reduce life-cycle environmental impacts for urban sustainability goals / Mikhail Chester, Stephanie Pincetl, Zoe Elizabeth, William Eisenstein, and Juan Matute -- Recent photocatalytic applications for air purification in Belgium / Elia Boonen and Anne Beeldens -- Case study : finding better solutions for municipal solid waste management in a semi local authority in Sri Lanka / Bandunee Champika Liyanage, Renuka Gurusinghe, Sunil Herat, and Masafumi Tateda -- Incineration of pre-treated municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy co-generation in a non-densely populated area / Ettore Trulli, Vincenzo Torretta, Massimo Raboni, and Salvatore Masi -- Innovative urban water management as a climate change adaptation strategy : results from the implementation of the project "water against climate change (WATACLIC)" / Giulio Conte, Andrea Bolognesi, Cristiana Bragalli, Sara Branchini, Alessandro De Carli, Chiara Lenzi, Fabio Masi, Antonio Massarutto, Marco Pollastri, and Ilaria Principi -- Full-scale implementation of a vertical membrane bioreactor for simultaneous removal of organic matter and nutrients from municipal wastewater / So-Ryong Chae, Jin-Ho Chung, Yong-Rok Heo, Seok-Tae Kang, Sang-Min Lee, and Hang-Sik Shin -- Energy benchmarking of commercial buildings : a low-cost pathway toward urban sustainability / Matt Cox, Marilyn A. Brown, and Xiaojing Sun -- Energy pattern analysis of a wastewater treatment plant / Pratima Singh, Cynthia Carliell-Marquet, and Arun Kansal -- Sustainable urban (re- )development with building integrated energy, water and waste systems / Thorsten Schuetze, Joong-Won Lee, and Tae-Goo Lee -- Urban ecosystem health assessment and its application in management : a multi-scale perspective / Meirong Su, Zhifeng Yang, Bin Chen, Gengyuan Liu, Yan Zhang, Lixiao Zhang, Linyu Xu, and Yanwei Zhao