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Urban planning in the 21st century /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- URBAN PLANNING IN THE 21STCENTURY; URBAN PLANNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY ; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PLANNING FOR PRESERVATION OF ORIGINALNATURAL VEGETATION IN CITIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; The Use of Existing Natural Vegetation as a City Planning Approach; The Development of the Concept of Existing Natural Vegetation Preservation; Advantages and Disadvantages of the Preservation of Natural Vegetation inCities; IMPACT AND THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN VEGETATION; VEGETATIONAL SURVEYS; PLANNING FOR PRESERVATION; Types of Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure and Their Significance forPreservation.
- Planning Theory of Vegetation Preservation in CitiesThe Importance of Commitment, Determination and Information; Preserved Vegetation as a Part of the Green Infrastructure Pattern; Types of Vegetation and Wetlands That May Be Preserved; Effect of Development Patterns and Building Density; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN PLANNING ON AIRQUALITY AND HUMAN HEALTH; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE SAUDAR PROJECT: A CASE STUDY IN PORTUGAL; Case Study Selection; CURRENT AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH SITUATION; Air Quality; Health Effects; FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; Indicators Systems.
- Scenarios DevelopmentCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; ON THE ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OF URBANSYSTEMS:AN ORNITHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; 1. WHY TO USE BIRDS AS TOOLS FOR MEASURING THE ECOLOGICALQUALITY OF CITIES?; 2. BIRDS AND THE CITY; 3. BIRDS AND URBAN HABITATS; 3.1 The 'Artificial' Structure Component; 3.2 The 'Natural' Vegetation Component; 4. BIRDS AND HUMANS; 5. BIRDS AS ECOLOGICAL QUALITY THERMOSTATS; 6. PLANNING TOWARDS HEALTHIER CITIES; 6.1 Controlling Land-Use Changes within the Region of a City; 6.2 Increasing the Ecological Value of Urban Vegetation.
- 6.3 Generating Complex Urban Green Networks6.4 Establishing Standard Protocols to Measure the Ecological Quality of Cities; 6.5 Highlighting the Profits of Having High Ecological Quality Cities inUrban Environmental Education Plans; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; ENERGY NETWORK IN AN URBAN AREA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STUDY ON FUEL CELL NETWORK SYSTEM CONSIDERINGREDUCTION IN FUEL CELL CAPACITY USING LOAD LEVELING ANDHEAT RELEASE LOSS; Load Leveling and Arrangement Plan of Fuel Cell; Power Generation Characteristics of the Fuel Cell; Load Leveling Using Water Electrolysis.
- Distribution of the Fuel CellEnergy Balance Equation; Operating Method of the System; Analysis Method; Case Study; CONCLUSIONS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES; ROUTE PLANNING OF HEAT SUPPLY PIPINGIN A FUEL CELL ENERGY NETWORK; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; FUEL CELL NETWORK AND ENERGY BALANCE; Fuel Cell Network; Heat Release Model of Hot-Water Piping; Output Characteristics of the Fuel Cell; Energy Balance Equation; Urban Area Model and Energy Demand Pattern; ROUTE PLANNING METHOD OF PIPING; Route Planning Method of Piping Using the TSP (Traveling SalesmanProblem (8)).