Rethinking and redesigning sustainability in Dubai’s Sustainable City

Autor:	P. Nadali, R. M. Thomas, H. Taleb
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Sustainable development Sustainable city Urban planning business.industry Social sustainability Sustainability Environmental resource management Carbon footprint Urban design Business Sustainability organizations Environmental planning
Zdroj:	WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment.
ISSN:	1743-3541 1746-448X
Popis:	As communities are being developed in Dubai there is an urgent need to consider aspects of sustainability since the country has one of the highest per-capita levels of resource consumption and carbon footprint. The aim of this study is to use an existing project – Dubai’s first sustainable city – to analyse it and then rebuild its concepts of sustainability by improving social and environmental dimensions with respect to international standards. The analysis and findings prove that it is essential to adapt sustainability from initial development of the project and enable inhabitants to adapt it as a lifestyle rather than construing it an ‘add-on’ criterion at a superficial level. Simulation of energy consumption and carbon footprints were carried out to support the research through journal articles.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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