Resilience and Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Planning: Policies, Practices, Strategies and Visions

• Other Authors: Ahmed, Iftekhar (Editor), Noguchi, Masa (Editor), O'Brien, David (Editor), Tucker, Chris (Editor), Vahanvati, Mittul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: The arts; Architecture; social housing; renovation works; energy efficiency improvement; Cappuccinelli Social Housing district; Trapani; disaster mitigation; disaster-risk reduction; disaster recovery; design; architecture; design thinking; energy performance gap; occupant behavior; residential buildings; energy efficiency; sustainability; resilience; cyclones; self-recovery; shelter; Vanuatu; Town Camps; First Nation communities; topological mapping; community infrastructure; PPGIS; minimalism; architectural design; COVID-19 pandemic; construction industry; health and safety; communication; construction projects; Elemental; Villa Verde; incremental housing; adaptation; urban planning; tsunami; Sri Lanka; multi-hazard; urban regeneration; urban renewal; urban analysis; urban evaluation; parameters; neighborhood evaluation; climate change; CMIP6; extreme precipitation; Gandaki Province; GIS
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The production and development of the built environment relates strongly to the fields of architecture and urban planning. The built environment experiences severe impacts from disasters that have become more frequent and intense around the world due to climate change and other human actions, requiring research on architectural design and urban planning that contributes to resilience. On the other hand, the built environment itself causes environmental impacts through the consumption of energy, land-use change and pressure on ecosystems, among a variety of other factors. Thus, research-informed policies, practices, and strategies relating to the built environment are necessary, requiring innovative and forward-thinking visions for a resilient and sustainable future. The built environment is multifold, with its manifestation determined by economic levels, political systems, demography, and natural resources. Therefore, contextual approaches and solutions in architecture and urban planning are essential to produce a diverse range of research findings. This publication serves as a platform to assemble such recent and innovative research findings relating to resilience and sustainability in the architecture and urban planning fields, and through an open access mode, disseminate this knowledge widely at a time when the world is facing critical challenges posed by disasters and environmental transformation.