Sustainable City 2014

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Category Urban strategies;Planning, development and management;Urban conservation and regeneration;The community and the city;Eco-town planning;Landscape planning and design;Environmental management;Sustainable energy and the city;Transportation;Quality of life;Waterfront development;Case studies;Architectural issues;Cultural heritage issues;Intelligent environment and emerging technologies;Planning for risk ;Disaster and emergency response;Safety and security;Waste management;Infrastructure and society;Urban metabolism

Deadline: May 19, 2014 | Date: September 23, 2014-September 25, 2014

Venue/Country: Siena, Italy

Updated: 2013-09-05 19:28:34 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Most of the earth population now live in cities and this process of urbanisation still continues generating many problems deriving from the drift of the population towards them. These problems can be resolved by cities becoming efficient habitats, saving resources in a way that improves the quality and standard of living. The process however, faces a number of major challenges, related to reducing pollution, improving main transportation and infrastructure systems. New urban solutions are required to optimise the use of space and energy resources leading to improvement in the environment, i.e reduction in air, water and soil pollution as well as efficient ways to deal with waste generation. These challenges contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances and require the development of new solutions.

Large cities are probably the most complex mechanisms to manage. However, despite such complexity they represent a fertile ground for architects, engineers, city planners, social and political scientists, and other professionals able to conceive new ideas and time them according to technological advances and human requirements.