Towards the Realization of Green Cities: The Moderating Role of the Residents’ Education Level

Latif, Saripah Abdul; Bidin, Yeop Hussin; Awang, Zaiki

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.392

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“…After 10 years of incorporating sustainable design in the curricula in Bulgaria, the researcher observed an improvement in teachers' experiences and students' mindsets. Latif et al (2013) attempted to measure inhabitants' concerns about the recycling process. To facilitate this, Latif et al (2013) applied the theory of reasoned action in a survey of 255 residents of Kuala-Lumpur.…”

Section: "Governance Refers To Any Social Mode Of Co-ordination In Whmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Latif et al (2013) attempted to measure inhabitants' concerns about the recycling process. To facilitate this, Latif et al (2013) applied the theory of reasoned action in a survey of 255 residents of Kuala-Lumpur. They found that the educational level of residents is an effective factor for implementing sustainability.…”

Section: "Governance Refers To Any Social Mode Of Co-ordination In Whmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Controversial Issues Relevant to Sustainable Urbanism: A Review of Global Urban Tendencies

Hassan¹,

Lee

2018

European Journal of Sustainable Development Research

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Academic urban debates shrouded with paradox render the transition to sustainable urban development (SUD) vague and unclear. The premise of this study is that the elimination of the controversial points included in each issue, in addition to reconciliation among these issues, may propel SUD. Therefore, this study dialectically discusses five urban issues: urban form, urban growth, transportation, urban vegetation, and governance (social participation). These issues were chosen among ten issues reviewed in a previous study in order to highlight controversial aspects and how to overcome them. The study suggests that the sociocultural dimension is an overlooked aspect in urban issues, and this may be a major reason for the conflict among academics. Further, this study concludes that governance is a major coordinator that can remedy the controversial points related to urban problems. Transportation is the second mediation among urban form, growth, and vegetation. Therefore, greater concern with governance and transportation in any urban planning policy improves current and future sustainable developments.

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Section: "Governance Refers To Any Social Mode Of Co-ordination In Whmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: "Governance Refers To Any Social Mode Of Co-ordination In Whmentioning

confidence: 99%

Controversial Issues Relevant to Sustainable Urbanism: A Review of Global Urban Tendencies

Hassan¹,

Lee

2018

European Journal of Sustainable Development Research

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“…After 10 years of incorporating sustainable design into curricula in Bulgaria, Dimitrova observed an improvement in teachers' experience and students' mindsets. Latif et al (2013) attempted to measure the concerns of residents of Kuala Lumpur in terms of recycling. They applied the theory of reasoned action to a survey of 255 residents and found that their educational level is a significant factor in implementing sustainability.…”

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“…A balance is needed between aspects of urban development in order to create SUD (Grêt-Regamey, 2011;Lang, 2013). Scholars somewhat agree that recently, one of the greatest generators of SUD has been socio-cultural awareness and social participation in urban development (Latif et al, 2013;Choi and Ahn, 2013a,b;El Asmar and Taki, 2014;Salonen and Åhlberg, 2013;Dimitrova, 2014;Premalatha et al, 2013).…”

Section: A Balanced Approach To Sud and Sociocultural Awarenessmentioning

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Toward the sustainable development of urban areas: An overview of global trends in trials and policies

2015

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“…The idea of cities as sustainable ecosystems is based on the principles of safeguard of water, soils, and biodiversity, as well as reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emission and it is strictly intertwined to climate change adaptation and mitigation measures [3]. These new green cities are designed with the aim of creating a habitat for people oriented to the minimization of waste output and pollution [4]. Green cities have clean air and water, are resilient in the face of natural disasters, run a low risk of major infectious disease outbreaks, encourage green behavior, and have a relatively small ecological impact [5].…”

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Transferability of Greencities Experiences for Sustainable Urban Planning

Privitera¹,

Rosa²

2015

Proceedings

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During the last decades new developments, retrofitting and urban regeneration projects in most of European green cities have been designed according to high level of Urban Design Solutions (UDS) such as green spaces networks, low-carbon mobility systems, mixed land uses, public facilities/services and new jobs. Integration of these UDS to water/waste and renewable energy management systems has shown an effective contribution to urban and environmental quality and sustainability. Even though these successfully experiences provided a considerable amount of valuable UDS, their suitability to be transferred in urban contexts characterized by different environmental, morphological, socio-economic and cultural conditions has not been systematically investigated. This paper proposes a method for evaluating the transferability of several UDS that have been applied in a set of fifteen European green cities to urban contexts of Southern Italy, where socio-economic, environmental, geographical, and cultural conditions are different. The method is based on three different steps. First, UDS are identified and grouped within a matrix in three strategic categories (procedures and economic aspects, urban quality, energy and environment). The second step checks the suitability of these different UDS to be transferred according to six different criteria: climate and geography, mobility/green/facilities equipment, water/waste/energy grids equipment, norms and regulations, urban management policies, social and cultural aspects. The third step is the evaluation of the transferability of UDS based on a survey conducted through web-interviews to Italian national experts in the field of urban planning. Contrary to the expectations, results show that a very high percentage of UDS could be transferred to the southern Italy contexts and that the transferability is more influenced by lack of urban management policies than climatic or geographical features.

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Towards the Realization of Green Cities: The Moderating Role of the Residents’ Education Level

Cited by 26 publications

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Controversial Issues Relevant to Sustainable Urbanism: A Review of Global Urban Tendencies

Controversial Issues Relevant to Sustainable Urbanism: A Review of Global Urban Tendencies

Toward the sustainable development of urban areas: An overview of global trends in trials and policies

Transferability of Greencities Experiences for Sustainable Urban Planning

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