Rethinking sustainable development urban management, engineering, and design
Title:
Rethinking sustainable development urban management, engineering, and design
Author:
Yigitcanlar, Tan.
ISBN:
9781616920234
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxxv, 379 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Sustainable urban development / Suharto Teriman, Tan Yigitcanlar, Severine Mayere -- 2. Planning for sustainable urban futures / Didem Dizdaroglu, Tan Yigitcanlar, Les Dawes -- 3. Sustainable urban stormwater management / Shinyi Lee, Tan Yigitcanlar -- 4. Integrated sustainable urban infrastructure management / Benson Au-Yeung, Tan Yigitcanlar, Severine Mayere -- 5. A decision support system for sustainable urban development / Fatih Dur, Tan Yigitcanlar, Jonathan Bunker -- 6. Information and communication technologies / Tan Yigitcanlar -- 7. Planning sustainable communities / Paul Donehue -- 8. Sustainable transportation development / Kushairi Rashid, Tan Yigitcanlar, Jonathan Bunker -- 9. User characteristics of transit oriented developments / Deepti Muley, Jonathan Bunker, Luis Ferreira -- 10. Modelling urban public transit users' route choice behaviour / Yulin Lee, Jonathan Bunker, Luis Ferreira -- 11. Traffic and climate change impacts on water quality / Parvez Mahbub, Godwin Ayoko, Prasanna Egodawatta, Tan Yigitcanlar, Ashantha Goonetilleke -- 12. Urban traffic characteristics and urban stormwater quality / Janaka Gunawardena, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Prasanna Egodawatta, Godwin Ayoko, Jason Kerr -- 13. Infrastructure sustainability / Hoi Wai Shih, David Thambiratnam, Tommy Chan -- 14. Infrastructure sustainability / Praveen Moragaspitiya, David Thambiratnam, Nimal Perera, Tommy Chan --
15. Infrastructure sustainability / Herath Thilakarathna, David Thambiratnam, Manicka Dhanasekar, Nimal Perera -- 16. Structural health monitoring / Liang Wang, Tommy Chan, David Thambiratnam, Andy Tan -- 17. Structural health monitoring of bridges / Manindra Kaphle, Andy Tan, David Thambiratnam, Tommy Chan -- 18. Sustainable infrastructure project planning / Omar Mohd Faizal, Bambang Trigunarsyah, Johnny Wong -- 19. Project-based organizations / Liang Chen, Anna Wiewiora, Bambang Trigunarsyah -- 20. Sustainability performance of construction / Asrul Nasid Masrom, Martin Skitmore -- 21. Sustainable infrastructure assets / Eric Too, Martin Betts, Arun Kumar -- 22. Knowledge transfer in project-based organisations: the need for a unique approach / Anna Wiewiora, Bambang Trigunarsyah, Glen Murphy -- 23. Afterword.
Abstract:
"This book investigates the role of urban, regional and infrastructure planning in achieving sustainable urban and infrastructure development, providing insights into overcoming the consequences of unsustainable development"--Provided by publisher.
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Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61692-022-7