Sustainable communities are promoted as a desirable policy goal and, in particular, local
authorities are encouraged to contribute to climate change mitigation through urban …

Sustainability is widely accepted as an important conceptual framework within which to
position urban policy and development. Furthermore, urban planning is recognised as an …

With the aid of the “sustainable development” concept, the UN Brundtland Commission
developed in 1984 an alternative living scenario for present and future generations. The …

Abstract paper This is a study of the role of local ecological knowledge (LEK) as lay-expert
knowledge in the urban land use planning process in Finland. The research addresses the …

Urban sustainable development is today seen as one of the keys towards unlocking the
quest for a sustainable world. One feature of urban sustainability is the increased interest in …

Following the discourse about sustainable development based on the Brundtland
Commission's report and the processes in the UN Committee on Environment and …

Sustainable urban development requires the integration of environmental interests in urban
planning. Although various methods of environmental assessment have been developed …

Swedish cities are becoming increasingly multicultural and diverse in terms of lifestyles and
socioeconomic conditions. However, cultural and social diversity is seldom considered …

By concentrating the urban developmental pattern, confining new buildings to areas where
technical encroachments on nature have previously taken place, and by utilizing each …

In this paper, we study the integration of ecological sustainability and social welfare
concerns in cities. Efforts to handle ecological challenges risk having negative impacts on …