About Book

Urban planning answers questions about how people will live, work and play in a given area and thus, guides orderly development in urban, suburban and rural areas. It is concerned with research and analysis, strategic thinking, engineering architecture, urban design, public consultation, policy recommendations, implementation and management. Urban design is an inter-disciplinary subject that utilizes elements of many built environment professions, including urban planning, landscape architecture, civil and municipal engineering. Urban planning requires analysis of the natural, visual, and physical form of cities as well as assessment of the political, social, and economic character of a city. Consequently, it provides a holistic and multidisciplinary view that combines world class technical competencies with vast experience in urban development strategies and planning that allow cities to grow and flourish. This book focuses on the intersections between architecture, landscape architecture, planning and geography. It deals with optimal operational strategies, fluid planning, landscape ecology practices, spatial statistics, horizontal or vertical planning, urban energy planning, sustainable urban development and system planning. The book broadly outlines the global perspectives on urban planning followed by emergence and nature of urban planning. An overview of urban planning instruments follows with emphasis on currents approaches being applied and their possible impact addressing the daunting urbanization challenges. Some of the diverse topics covered in this book address the varied branches that fall under this category. This book is meant for who are looking for an elaborate reference on urban planning.

Preface............................................................................................................v

Chapter 1 Multi-criteria Spatial Decision Support System for Urban Energy Planning: An Interdisciplinary Integrated Methodological Approach.......................................................................................................1

Abstract...................................................................................................1

1. Introduction............................................................................................2

2. Methodology: an interdisciplinary integrated approach...............2

3. Methodology application.....................................................................9

4. Conclusion............................................................................................11

Acknowledgements.............................................................................15

Conflict of interest..............................................................................15

Other declarations...............................................................................15

Chapter 2 Development of New Sustainable Urban Areas: Horizontal or Vertical Planning Systems for Resource Efficient Cities.................18

Abstract.................................................................................................18

1. Introduction..........................................................................................19

2. General trends affecting resource consumption...........................20

3. Energy is the core of the problem for increasing resource

consumption.........................................................................................21

4. General principles for a sustainable urban resource use...........23

5. Planning for long-term sustainable urban energy systems........24

6. Planning models..................................................................................25

7. Planning for a global shift in energy..............................................27

8. Urban planning in China..................................................................27

9. Urban planning in Sweden...............................................................29

10. Role model for emerging economies..............................................32

11. Concluding discussions......................................................................34

Chapter 3 Practical Value of User‐Centred Spatial Statistics for Responsive

Urban Planning.........................................................................................40

Abstract.................................................................................................40

1. Introduction..........................................................................................40

2. TQA approach.....................................................................................43

3. TQA implementation: case of Posavje District, Ljubljana,

Slovenia.................................................................................................48

4. Discussion.............................................................................................59

5. Conclusion............................................................................................60

Chapter 4 Landscape Ecology Practices in Planning: Landscape Connectivity

and Urban Networks................................................................................64

Abstract ................................................................................................64

1. Introduction..........................................................................................64

2. Urbanisation and sustainability.......................................................65

3. Landscape ecology and landscape planni-ng................................69

4. Discussions and conclusions.............................................................80

Acknowledgements.............................................................................81

Chapter 5 Urban Green Space System Planning ................................................95

1. Introduction ........................................................................................95

2. What is urban green space? ............................................................95

3. Urban green space systems...............................................................98

4. Classification of urban green/open spaces types ......................100

5. Benefits of urban green spaces.......................................................105

Chapter 6 An Approach to Landscape Planning in Borders...........................114

1. Introduction ......................................................................................114

2. Borders in the past ..........................................................................116

3. A research attempt to planning landscape in borders ............122

4. Conclusions .......................................................................................138

Chapter 7 Strategy Planning of Sustainable Urban Development................141

1. Introduction ......................................................................................141

2. Objectives ..........................................................................................143

3. Evolution of urban models ............................................................144

4. Controlling urban development ...................................................147

5. The basic model ...............................................................................150

6. Defining the optimal measure toolkit of urban development.151

7. Optimal measure toolkit of urban development –

Numerical method ...........................................................................154

8. Conclusion .........................................................................................156

9. Acknowledgement ...........................................................................157

Chapter 8 Fluid Planning: A Meaningless Concept or a Rational Response

to Uncertainty in Urban Planning? .................................................160

1. Introduction........................................................................................160

2. Setting the scene: The notion of fluidness .................................162

3. Forms of fluidity ..............................................................................167

4. Urban planning as a fluid planning field .................................172

5. Practicing fluidity: The Tromsø Experiment1 ...........................174

6. Conclusion: Does the concept of fluidity take us anywhere?.179

7. Acknowledgements .........................................................................180

Chapter 9 Emergency Evacuation Planning for Highly Populated Urban

Zones: A Transit-Based Solution and Optimal Operational

Strategies .................................................................................................186

1. Introduction........................................................................................186

2. Methodology .....................................................................................189

3. Solution algorithm .........................................................................192

4. A numerical study ...........................................................................194

5. Conclusions .......................................................................................202

Chapter 10 Sustainable Forest Management in Rural Southern Brazil:

Exploring Participatory Forest Management Planning ................205

1. Introduction........................................................................................205

2. The Araucaria forest and the fragmentation process................207

3. Legal issues concerning forest management in southern

Brazil....................................................................................................209

4. The development of a system for engaging local communities in

natural resources management.......................................................210

5. Conclusion..........................................................................................229

6. Acknowledgements ........................................................................231

Citation......................................................................................................235

Index...........................................................................................................237

About Author

Joanna Lincoln received his M.Sc. in Urban Studies from Public Research University, Swansea. He is actively engaged in the researches focused on urban planning, urban environment and regional planning. He is a distinguished figure with an experience of over a decade in the field of urban planning & design. He has travelled and lectured as a guest lecturer extensively throughout Europe and the United States; primarily for higher education. Lincoln has written numerous texts, articles and book chapters in the field of town planning, urban design and environmental planning.