Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

Drawing upon relevant literature, this article reviews research on socially sustainable urban
transportation (SSUT). Arguing that the social dimensions of sustainability are more often …

Sustainable development is a widely used term, which has been increasingly influential on
UK planning, housing and urban policy in recent years. Debates about sustainability no …

The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging
writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography …

The aim of the research described in this paper is to examine the validity of the claims that
higher-density urban form promotes social equity—that is, promotes benefits for the life …

In the United Kingdom planning favours a more compact, high-density, and mixed-use urban
form. Many of the claims made for such compact forms in terms of the sustainability benefits …

The smart city concept has emerged as an attractive label to address pressing issues of
global urbanization and combat the critical challenges to attain sustainable development …

The pace of urbanization in the world will very quickly become a major problem for
development in all its dimensions. This dynamic, also observed in Africa, could have serious …

The study adopts the concept of the sharing economy to investigate sharing services in the
service industries by examining an integrative framework made up of the Norm Activation …

This article presents a critical reflection on the theory and practice of social sustainability in
the built environment, identifies areas of agreement and disagreement, explores theoretical …