The role of the city in environmental management is increasingly coming to the fore. A
central element in creating urban environmental sustainability is the adoption of appropriate …

The aim of this book is to highlight the great potential of decentralized (ie local or urban)
energy policies in achieving environmentally-benign developments for modern cities. Urban …

Designing measures for the reduction of energy consumption in urban areas is a complex
venture indeed. In terms of urban sustainability, such measures affect energy efficiency as …

Cities contribute around 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. There is currently a
massive growth in urban areas internationally, especially in developing countries. Urban …

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the
accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task. Planners and policy …

The aim of the paper is to propose a methodology for evaluating the energy sustainability of
a city based on the characterization of the energy end-use, energy systems and flows, as …

Developing cities suffer from overpopulation, with direct effects on environmental
sustainability issues. Using model sustainability cities to address the problem can help these …

The promotion of energy efficiency (EES) and renewable energy (RES) programs has a long
history in developed countries; however, in the rest of the world such initiatives are incipient …

This report is a literature review about sustainability and sustainable development in general
and in an urban context. It focuses on theoretical issues and debates in scientific literature …

Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three
quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use and resulting environmental …