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Warming Cities in Pakistan: Evaluating Spatial–Temporal Dynamics of Urban Thermal Field Variance Index Under Rapid Urbanization
With ~57% of the world population living in cities, the global urban population is increasing at an alarming rate, which further stimulates the...
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Urban Green Coverage: Importance of Green Roofs and Urban Farming Policies in Enhancing Liveability in Buildings and Cities—Global and Regional Outlook
Green urban coverage (green roofs, green walls and urban farming) has been extensively used in many countries around the world to offset the...
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The Micro-Renewal of Urban Public Green Space Environment in Severe Cold Area of China Based on Activity Capacity
Urban public green space is an important place for citizens’ daily activities. The types and characteristics of activities of children, adults, and...
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Human Settlements: Urban Challenges and Future Development
Human settlementsHuman settlement are comprehensive, i.e., shaped by human ecologyHuman ecology and the relationship between humans as a social...
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Biophilic Design: Pinpointing Nature-Based Techniques in Urban Areas to Combat Global Warming
The rate of global warming has increased rapidly in recent decades, and experts agree that climate change is exacerbating dangerously high...
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Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Heat Exposure Risks
People in citiesCity use outdoor space for a wide range of activities such as exercise, rest and socializing. Climate changeClimate change, Urban...
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Adjustment of Green Corridor Network Planning in the 2011 Master Plan for Hanoi
Hanoi City has established a green corridor network in the Master Plan towards the year 2030 and with vision to the year 2050 Prime Minister (2011)....
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Integrating Climate Resilience in Sectoral Planning: Analysis of India’s Agriculture Disaster Management Plan
The frequency and severity of extreme climate events are increasing, thus posing a significant threat to Indian agriculture and its allied services....
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Urban Seasca** with Seaweed—Multiscalar Network Map** as a Framework for Design Analysis and Projection of Marine Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Adaptation in Vejle, Denmark
Coastal cities are not designed to accommodate the marine realm. Due to climate change, the sea is encroaching on our coastal cities, and designers...
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Resilient Urban Design Prototypes with Guidelines of the Coastal City Under Extreme Climate Change: The Case Study of Singapore
The Asia–Pacific region has gone through fast-paced urbanization while the impact of climate change has intensified. Many cities in the region are...
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The Potential for Urban Canopy Cover to Reduce Heat-Related Mortality in Adelaide
In Australia, heatwaves and extremely hot weather present the greatest climate-related threat resulting in hundreds of deaths every year and killing...
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Towards a Method of Assessing the Well-Being Brought by Landscape and Heritage Along a Blue and Green Infrastructure: The Loire Valley (France)
This paper summarises the progress of a research project that developed criteria to link well-beingWell-being to landscapeLandscape, heritage, and...
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Abasto Barrio Cultural: Cultural Activity as a Driver of Urban Transformation and Development
The City of Buenos Aires’ Ministry of Culture is the driver of the comprehensive project known as Abasto Barrio Cultural, which views culture and...
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Walking with the Climate: Technologies and Methodology on Intermediate Urban Open Space Design
This paper is based on studies about environmental requalification practices and the experimentation of innovative technologies of climate data...
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Framing Green and Blue Infrastructure
Green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is increasingly popular in international literature and cultural debates. Indeed, international opinion...
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Limiting Soil Sealing and Depaving: Local Actions for Regenerating Public Spaces to Build Green Infrastructures
Green InfrastructureGreen infrastructure (GI) is part of nature-based solutionsNature-based solution to mitigate and adapt the local microclimate and...
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Characteristics of the built environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East and related energy and climate policies
The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region hosts some of the world’s most influential and troubled cities. It is also a hotspot of...
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Urban Vegetation and Microclimatic Comfort in Warm Climates
Since the beginning of civilisation, good and healthy places have been inevitably linked to spaces containing different forms and variations of...
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Method Design—Digital and Analog Design Education
This paper highlights the new forms of pedagogy that can be identified through advanced dynamic and interactive collaboration, showing how agency...
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The Research Design: The Definition of the Key Performance Indicators and the Choice of the Analysis Sample
The research project, in line with the assumptions described and the analysis of the literature, proposes a design experimentation that integrates...