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Qualitative and quantitative criteria for comfortable urban public spaces
Published in J. Carmeliet, H. Hens, G. Vermeir, Research in Building Physics, 2020
Urban public space can never be regarded as a residual space between buildings. Thanks to its capacity to generate meetings and to support a mixing of the population, it is a fundamental space for the city social life. Moreover, public spaces take a large part in the definition of a life quality offered to all citizens. This is akin to the social target of sustainable development, which aims at reaching a greater social equity. For this reason, it is essential that urban public spaces are comfortable and attractive. Indeed, they are the place where collective values are built.
Introduction
Published in J.K. Yates, Daniel Castro-Lacouture, Sustainability in Engineering Design and Construction, 2018
J.K. Yates, Daniel Castro-Lacouture
When firms implement sustainable development practices during the design stage or construction operations, it benefits the environment, especially when sustainable materials are used on projects. Some of the sustainable practices incorporated into the design and construction phases of projects include selecting and incorporating reusable and recyclable materials, using materials requiring fewer resources to produce and transport; using equipment to install materials that consumes less energy; and using alternative renewable energy technologies.
Glossary of scientific and technical terms in bioengineering and biological engineering
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Scientific and Technical Terms in Bioengineering and Biological Engineering, 2018
Sustainable development is an approach to development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It seeks to ensure that current development does not alter the environment’s ability to recover from any damage sustained, and also makes use of renewable resources.
Strategies and practices for inclusive manufacturing: twenty-first-century sustainable manufacturing competitiveness
Published in International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2018
Angappa Gunasekaran, Nachiappan Subramanian, Yahaya Yusuf
Whilst firms previously used extensive computing power to become smart and improve productivity, twenty-first-century firms have multiple challenges for which social and environmental aspects are major issues. Firms are seeking new ways to integrate social and environmental practices with computer-integrated manufacturing to develop unique capabilities to improve their sustainable competitiveness. Other than conventional firm performance objectives of cost, quality, speed, flexibility and dependability, there is now a requirement for firms to deliver on sustainable objectives. Sustainable development refers to the development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In the past two decades, the public and business sectors, as well as government and international agencies, have begun to embrace the broad concept of sustainable development, with its proposition that ‘economic growth can occur while simultaneously protecting the environment’ (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
The impact of project-based learning on improving student learning outcomes of sustainability concepts in transportation engineering courses
Published in European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Elham H. Fini, Faisal Awadallah, Mahour M. Parast, Taher Abu-Lebdeh
All subjects introduced to students focus on various forms of sustainability and environmental compatibility. Sustainable development is defined as the ability to ‘meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (United Nations Report 1987). To achieve a sustainable development, three aspects must be suitably addressed: ecology, economy, and equity (Elkington 1998). An essential part of the transportation learning process for students is to develop a critical thinking approach that recognises sustainability concerns and local and global environmental concerns as critical issues. Therefore, transportation engineers must be aware of the selection of materials for construction, maintenance, and operation of transportation systems in order to avoid depletions of essential natural resources (non-renewable materials) or/and harming the environment.
Microstructural behaviour of quarry fines stabilised with fly ash-based binder
Published in Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2023
Yinning Zhang, Amandine Miksic, Daniel Castillo, Leena Korkiala-Tanttu
Nowadays, sustainable development, as suggested in circular economy model, is a crucial issue and has become an essential requirement in civil engineering. The use of recycled materials and secondary materials (Ferone et al., 2013; Karim et al., 2011), which are by-products or wastes of construction or manufacturing processes, has therefore increased during last decades, but a good and appropriate knowledge (Kuula et al., 2018) of the mechanical behaviour and properties of these materials is necessary to promote their wide utilisation.