{"title":"The mixed-use complex as eco-city concept","authors":"Ir. Nikky Fleurke","doi":"10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679202","url":null,"abstract":"Within the variety of sustainable city and building approaches the in-between scale is usually overlooked. Eco-concepts focus either on large structural systems on the city scale or on smaller building level possibilities at an architectural scale. Integration of the two scales might be considered when constructing completely new city lay-outs, but even then, the sustainable measurements are typically separated to scale. The intention of this paper is to explore specific concepts and approaches for integration of sustainable layers and, in particular to examine the suitability of the mixed-use complex as strategic ecological intervention. Spatially, economically and politically most often established as an independent structure, the mixed-use complex can be regarded as a strong opportunity to initiate essential eco-values within a short-time realisation framework.","PeriodicalId":225747,"journal":{"name":"Next generation infrastructure systems for eco-cities","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125874024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coordinated planning framework for the transportation facilities and ecological environment in a rapidly urbanized area—A case study of the Pearl River Delta of China","authors":"Xueer Lu, Zhenbang Ma, Yaoyu Lin","doi":"10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679217","url":null,"abstract":"Pearl River Delta is an export-oriented and rapidly urbanized region which is closely integrated with the global economic system. A preliminary conclusion was obtained based on the analysis of the present regional planning system of the Pearl River Delta. There was a mismatch between the two parallel subjects of the regional traffic network and the eco-environment protection. Three improvement measures were proposed for the process of regional planning: 1) setting up a series of eco-environment protection alternatives in various natural geographic environments; 2) incorporating contents of trend adjustment into the plan; 3) Integrating the “design” thought in ecological study of plans. Based on the thought of improvement listed above, some amendment suggestions were proposed for the overall framework of regional planning. Three points were incorporated into the plan at the pre-planning stage and the stage of planning on special topics: 1) Scenarios study on the plans of classification of natural geographic environments would provide a basis for recognizing the target of eco-environmental planning more systematically and effectively; 2) Research on the externality of traffic planning was conducted. First, the possible changes of the city spatial layout brought by the initial plan of the traffic planning, which might produce some new problems of regional eco-environment, was studied. Then, these problems were considered in the traffic planning for improvement; 3) the final plan of traffic oriented spatial development would be combined with the eco-environment planning scheme based on the ecological urban design of spatial development plan.","PeriodicalId":225747,"journal":{"name":"Next generation infrastructure systems for eco-cities","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123768551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The sustainable development of highway transport in China","authors":"Sun Jie","doi":"10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679236","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of the sustainable development is brought forward in the 1980s and has been received and paid close attention in the world. Under the new situation, highway transport is considered as an important transport, so it is worthwhile to how to play the role and provide strong guarantee for socio-economic development and achieve the own sustainable development. From the point of sustainable development, the connotation and basic contents of sustainable development of highway transport are discussed. According to the actual situation in China, related strategies and prospect of sustainable development of highway transport are raised in the paper.","PeriodicalId":225747,"journal":{"name":"Next generation infrastructure systems for eco-cities","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128576689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}