Sustainable Development Planning of Protected Areas near Cities: Case Study in China

Wang, Yuhong; Deng, Xiaomei; Marcucci, Daniel J.; Le, Yuen

doi:10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000133

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“…According to Joffe and Smith [2], cities contribute the vast [29,30]. Therefore, some scientists propose lower consumption as a way of saving the environment.…”

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MCDM Assessment of a Healthy and Safe Built Environment According to Sustainable Development Principles: A Practical Neighborhood Approach in Vilnius

Zavadskas¹,

Cavallaro

Podvezko³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Urbanization has a massive effect on the environment, both locally and globally. With an ever-increasing scale of construction and manufacturing and misuse of energy resources come poorer air quality, growing mortality rates and more rapid climate change. For these reasons, a healthy and safe built environment is ever more in demand. Global debates focus on sustainable development of the built environment; a rational approach to its analysis is multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods. Alternative MCDM methods applied to the same problem often produce different results. In the search for a more reliable tool, this study proposes that a system of MCDM methods should be applied to a single problem. This article assesses 21 neighborhoods in Vilnius in the context of a healthy and safe built environment in view of the principles of sustainable development. MCDM methods were used for this purpose: entropy, Criterion Impact LOSs (CILOS) and Integrated Determination of Objective Criteria Weights (IDOCRIW) methods were used to determine the objective weights of the criteria, while expert judgement determined the subjective weights. With the overall weights determined, the Vilnius neighborhoods were assessed through the application of COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS), Simple Additive Weighting (SAW), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) methods. The final results were then processed using the rank average method, Borda count and Copeland's method.

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“…According to Joffe and Smith [2], cities contribute the vast [29,30]. Therefore, some scientists propose lower consumption as a way of saving the environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sustainable urban development can be seen as a yin-yang balance with contradicting goals [26][27][28]. Economic growth, for instance, is impossible without increasing the use of resources [29,30]. Therefore, some scientists propose lower consumption as a way of saving the environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

MCDM Assessment of a Healthy and Safe Built Environment According to Sustainable Development Principles: A Practical Neighborhood Approach in Vilnius

Zavadskas¹,

Cavallaro

Podvezko³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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“…The urbanization process in China has a profound impact on the global ecological environment. Therefore, the implementation of sustainable development is the only viable way for Chinese urbanization to continue [2][3][4], while meeting the urgent requirements of the international situation. The promotion of sustainable development in resource-based cities, that is a city that is heavily dependent on its natural resources, is one of the major strategic issues in the current Chinese urbanization process.…”

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Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Resources-Based Cities in Shanxi Province Based on Unascertained Measure

Chang

Dong

2016

Sustainability

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An index system is established for evaluating the level of sustainable development of resources-based cities, and each index is calculated based on the unascertained measure model for 11 resources-based cities in Shanxi Province in 2013 from three aspects; namely, economic, social, and resources and environment. The result shows that Taiyuan City enjoys a high level of sustainable development and integrated development of economy, society, and resources and environment. Shuozhou, Changzhi, and Jincheng have basically realized sustainable development. However, Yangquan, Linfen, Lvliang, Datong, Jinzhong, Xinzhou and Yuncheng have a low level of sustainable development and urgently require a transition. Finally, for different cities, we propose different countermeasures to improve the level of sustainable development.

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“…Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has improved construction industry productivity, bridged gaps in communication between stakeholders and encouraged the implementation of new processes resulting in reductions of up to 25% in design time (Issa et al [20]). Furthermore, use of ICT has enabled planners to assess the social and environmental impacts of various sustainable design options at the regional level in order to help define protected areas between cities (Wang et al [21]). This Building Information Modelling (BIM) process allows project teams to quickly and accurately assess green building credentials for various material, equipment and systems selections (Barnes [22]).…”

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Developing Smart, Affordable and Sustainable Multi-Resident Housing Through Solar Energy and Electric Transport Integration

Thompson¹

2017

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic, environmental and social benefits afforded to the development of smart, affordable and sustainable multi-resident housing through the integration of solar energy and electric transport systems. A new integrated sustainable design (ISD) model was first developed from a literature review and case study followed by a survey study of multi-resident housing developments to inform synthesis of a Commuter Energy and Building Utilities System (CEBUS) decision support tool (DST) for subsequent validation at a pilot site. Application of integrated solar energy and electric transport systems in multi-resident housing developments demonstrated significant potential annual savings on average household income together with drastic reductions in household greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity consumption and transport usage. Significant social benefits were also identified through the potential reduction of mortgage stress and road rage incidents. This research for the first time quantifies the electricity and transport cost benefits offered by the proposition that buildings and transportation vehicles can provide an integrated and interactive renewable power source with generation between and for each other so as to help drive the development of smart, affordable and sustainable multi-resident housing stock.

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Sustainable Development Planning of Protected Areas near Cities: Case Study in China

Cited by 22 publications

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MCDM Assessment of a Healthy and Safe Built Environment According to Sustainable Development Principles: A Practical Neighborhood Approach in Vilnius

MCDM Assessment of a Healthy and Safe Built Environment According to Sustainable Development Principles: A Practical Neighborhood Approach in Vilnius

Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Resources-Based Cities in Shanxi Province Based on Unascertained Measure

Developing Smart, Affordable and Sustainable Multi-Resident Housing Through Solar Energy and Electric Transport Integration

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