Resilient cities, a key solution to safeguard the environment
| Autor: | Dordaneh Aghajani, Yasaman Aghajani, Ali Mohammadi, Madjid Abbaspour, Saba Reza Soltani, Aida Ahmadi |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Sustainable development
0209 industrial biotechnology media_common.quotation_subject General Engineering Environmental engineering Developing country 02 engineering and technology World population 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 020901 industrial engineering & automation Megacity Order (exchange) Urbanization Sustainability Psychological resilience Business Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Scientia Iranica. 23:2067-2076 |
| ISSN: | 2345-3605 |
| Popis: | In the 21st century, the world population is growing at a spiraling paste. Much of this growth is occurring in developing countries, where access to food, sanitary water, education, and health is severely limited. The ever increasing urbanization highlighted the need for sustainable development based on human-environment interaction. The excessive and unplanned expansion of cities has resulted in numerous environmental predicaments due to clearly emphasized economic issues at the expense of social and environmental concerns. The most significant features of megacities are indicated in this paper and the environmental, social, physical, and economic criteria are addressed in order to attain sustainability and resilience. To examine the practical use of these criteria, extensive studies and field activities were carried out at District 14 of Tehran Municipality. The results of this study highlighted the desire of authorities to move toward sustainable development as their activities indicate environmental improvements during 2009-2014 period. At the end, several recommendations are made based on the obtained results to speed up the move toward sustainability and resiliency |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|