The need for more sustainable cities has become a primary objective of urban strategies.
The urgency for a radical transition towards sustainability in a long term-vision has brought …

The urban built environment has a significant role in leading individuals to outdoor spaces,
socializing, and being together. Despite the Egyptian Government's efforts to provide more …

Single-family detached homes—the lowest-density housing type—continue to dominate the
US home construction industry. These homes are carbon-intensive and automobile …

A sustainable neighbourhood is generally considered a key spatial unit for cities, enabling
sustainability to be applied as a set of urban planning, social and environmental principles …

This paper explores quality of life (QoL) in the US–Mexico Border region by revisiting The
Border Observatory Project (BOP). The BOP collected and analyzed survey-response data …

Sustainable development is based on the three dimensions of environmental, economic,
and social parameters. Within these, environmental and then economic parameters have …

Since the mid-twentieth century, the process of modernization caused an adaptation of
westernized prototypes of residential neighborhoods in Greater Cairo Region. This evolution …

The sustainable development of our cities and regions has become an integral part of the
current debate. To achieve the sustainability goals, however, the development of …

Social sustainability has a crucial role in sustainable urban development. Neglecting social
factors of sustainability in the development process will cause inadequacy in neighbourhood …

There has been a recent upswing of academic interest in the social dimensions of
sustainable cities, especially the dynamics of Quality of Life (QoL), Environmental Equity …