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This essay reviews the political circumstances and strategic orientations of Vienna's comprehensive urban development policy, and how the EIB's investments facilitated key projects and supported Vienna's process of urban modernisation. Urban development in Vienna took place in four cycles, which are characterised by distinctive internal and external conditions and opportunities. Each prompted different levels of EIB engagement.

Urban development.

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC license. Reports on the innovative, transdisciplinary co-production on sustainable urbanisation being undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures, a highly influential research centre based in Sweden, this book makes a significant contribution to evolving theory about comparative urban research.

Sustainable urban development.

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According to the 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects by UN DESA, urbanization could add another 2.5 billion people to urban population by 2050, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa. This unprecedented increase in urban population not only poses challenges to providing jobs, housing, and infrastructure, but also exerts an increased pressure on urban land and sustainability. As land is a vital yet limited resource, sustainable management of urban land to cater the needs of this growing urban population is seen as one of the key challenges for achieving an economically efficient, socially equitable, and environmentally safe society. A key tenet for sustainable economic development and smart growth is promoting equitable sustainable urban land development and mitigating land use conflicts. While a large body of literature has dealt with both land use and sustainable development, the study of the interactive effects of these two remains limited. We need more sophisticated empirical studies examining processes, mechanisms, institutions, equity, and sustainability of urban land use. This book is based on a Special Issue published in Sustainability, and examines patterns, structure, and dynamics of urban land development and sustainability from multiple perspectives, in various contexts and at multiple dimensions (economic, social, political, developmental, and environmental, etc.). The research articles examine urban land development and sustainability arising from globalization, urbanization and institutional change. We have drawn papers from both developed and developing countries, with a focus on China due to the rapid rate of urbanization and change there. This book includes 14 articles, with various research emphases, methodologies and study areas, reflecting the inter-disciplinarily that characterizes urban and land use studies. The book has examined patterns and processes of urban land expansion and sprawl, and also studies new dimensions of urban space, including social media. These papers can provide us insights into the underlying structure and mechanisms of urban land expansion, and open new frontiers on the effects of urban land development on both the natural and human environments. We hope that this book will contribute to the understanding of urban land use patterns and processes, and their implications for sustainable development.

Sustainable urban development.

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"Face à l'impératif écologique, comment l'action publique, les pratiques professionnelles et citoyennes se sont-elles positionnées et reconfigurées en France dans les champs de l'urbanisme et de l'architecture depuis les années 2000? Comment se sont traduites les injonctions au développement durable puis à la transition écologique, dans les politiques publiques, les dispositifs de médiation et les situations de projets? Cet ouvrage analyse, dans une perspective compréhensive et critique, les sphères politiques, professionnelles, citoyennes, scientifiques et médiatiques, qui se sont mobilisées et ont interagi pour négocier ce tournant sociétal. Il rend compte des tensions qui se sont manifestées entre une approche de la ville écologique encore marquée par les logiques normatives et productivistes, et une autre fondée sur l'idée de sobriété et de capacité du citoyen-habitant à maîtriser la transformation de son cadre de vie. Dans un contexte économique très influencé par des logiques néolibérales, il questionne la notion même de 'fabrique' qui s'est progressivement substituée à celle de production dans les domaines de la transformation urbaine depuis le début de ce troisième millénaire. Cet ouvrage rassemble des articles d'un ensemble de chercheurs - sociologues, géographes, urbanistes, architectes - membres de différents laboratoires scientifiques en France qui ont activement contribué à cette réflexion. Il est destiné à des universitaires et des étudiants en architecture, urbanisme ou en génie urbain, ainsi qu'à des praticiens et à des acteurs en charge de l'élaboration des politiques urbaines écologiques"

Sustainable architecture --- Sustainable urban development

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This reprint covers various aspects of sustainable urbanisation. It includes empirical evidence, theoretical insights, and practical recommendations in order to inform and inspire sustainable urban strategies. The ten original research studies presented in this reprint explore topics such as green buildings, rail transportation, land-use efficiency, energy consumption, innovation management, heritage preservation, digital technologies, and behaviour change. The interdisciplinary and international scope of the issue reflects the complexity and diversity of the challenges and opportunities encountered when striving for urban sustainability. This Special Issue aimed to provide researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students with a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective on sustainable urban development.

City planning --- Sustainable urban development. --- Environmental aspects.