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 Cities -- The 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 Development -- CONCLUSION -- 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 Networks -- 6.4 Establishing Standard Protocols to Measure the Ecological Quality ofCities -- 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 Cell -- Energy 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)) -- Analysis Flow of the Search Program of the Piping Route -- Case Study -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOMENCLATURE -- REFERENCES -- PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IT'S ALL ABOUT SYSTEMS -- NEW WAYS OF THINKING -- THE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITYOF A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY -- PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN AN EXPANSIONIST WORLD -- BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY CHARACTER -- PLANNING TOOLS AND METHODS -- SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS -- SCORECARDS -- CONSERVATION PLANNING -- SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING IN THE21ST CENTURY:MAPPING URBANLAND USE/COVER IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE USINGGEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- DATA AND METHODS -- Satellite Image and Ancillary Data -- Image Processing Procedures -- Pre-Processing -- Hybrid Supervised/Unsupervised Classification -- Classification Accuracy Assessment -- Results and Discussion -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- URBANIZATION CHALLENGES IN AFRICA: CREATINGPRODUCTIVE CITIES UNDER GLOBALIZATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STATE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA -- CREATING COMPETITIVE AND LIVABLE CITIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH, AND EQUITY:THE ROLE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS∗ -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EXISTING EVIDENCE -- Physical Activity and Health -- Physical Activity, Health, and Built Environments -- Equity in School Transportation and the Environment -- Correlates of Physical Activity Among Young People -- Correlates of Walking and Biking to School -- CASE STUDY: PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENT CORRELATES OFWALKING TO SCHOOL -- Objectives and Study Design -- Study Areas and Previous Work -- Methods -- Findings -- CONCLUSION -- Existing Evidence and Implications -- Remaining Gaps and Future Research Needs -- REFERENCES -- SURFACE FILL VOLUME AS A LAND-USE PLANNINGINDICATOR FOR ASIAN LOW-LYING URBANREGIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ADAPTIVE LANDFILLING ON DELTAIC LOWLANDS -- Case of Bangkok -- Case of Metro Manila -- Case of Tokyo Metropolitan Area -- WHEN EXCESSIVE LANDFILLING CAUSES FLOODING -- Case of Bangkok -- Case of Metro Manila -- Case of Tokyo Metropolitan Area -- CURRENT COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST FLOODING IN EACH CITY -- Case of Bangkok -- Case of Metro Manila -- Case of Tokyo Metropolitan Area -- POSSIBILITY OF MIXED LAND USESORDERED BY FIXED FILL VOLUME -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.