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Social and environmental indexes to determine the impacts of closed neighbourhoods in Brazil
(2013-05-30)
São Paulo State, in Brazil, is getting increasingly crowded, like in other third world countries around the world, so should give great importance to city development. This work considered the phenomenon of closed ...
Impacts of agricultural activities in remaining forest: Campinas/SP, Brazil
(2013-05-28)
Forest fragmentation occurs normally in an area around the city or with high agricultural influence, such as the Forest of Quilombo that lies in Metropolitan Campinas/SP- Brazil. This forest is one such example since it ...
Open urban spaces quality: A study in a historical square in Bath - UK
(2008-12-01)
The quality of open urban spaces is very important for urban vitality. Nowadays urban designers have to face the great challenge of designing urban spaces able to respond to people's need for liveable spaces. The success ...
Greenhouse gas reduction through the introduction of electric vehicles in urban zones
(2020-09-28)
The decarbonizing the transportation system through the introduction of electric vehicles in urban zones has intensified in recent years. This paper presents a methodology for modeling electric vehicles in an urban zone ...
Open urban spaces quality: A study in a historical square in Bath - UK
(2008-01-01)
The quality of open urban spaces is very important for urban vitality. Nowadays urban designers have to face the great challenge of designing urban spaces able to respond to people's need for liveable spaces. The success ...
An assessment of evaluation methods applied in decision support systems for sustainable urban mobility planning
(2007-01-01)
The objective of this paper is to discuss procedures for assessing the impacts of different evaluation methods used in systems designed to sustainable urban mobility planning and management. The case studied shows a ...
Critical analysis of the components of inventories of Greenhouse Gases in urban water supply and sewerage
(CIBSão Paulo, 2014-09)
The concentration of population in urban areas significantly impacts the sustainability of utility systems, especially the relations between water availability and demand management, energy efficiency in urban water supply ...
A collaborative transportation proposal for urban deliveries: Costs and environmental savings
(2006-12-01)
What is the best way to make deliveries in urban areas: with big trucks or small cargo vehicles? Which one is better if we think about environmental problems and traffic? Just one medium-sized truck can substitute fifteen ...
The impact of shading levels on users' thermal comfort in public leisure spaces
(2017-01-01)
The knowledge about microclimate and its influence on people's thermal comfort becomes critical to the planning process of all types of environment. In leisure facility design, guaranteeing the user's thermal comfort has ...