URBAN SUSTAINABILITY

Dear all,

Some references to start you guys off! Have a great time researching! :-)

Video:

National Energy Center For Sustainable Cities. (2008). Sustainable cities. (Accessed from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLkpaF16s24)

Siemens. (2010). Creating sustainable cities. (Accessed from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48k8bPagM6Y)

General readings:

United Nations Environmental Programme. (unknown). Green economy cities. (Accessed from: http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/88/documents/ger/GER_12_Cities.pdf)

Urban China Initiative. (2010). The urban sustainability index: A new tool for measuring China’s cities. (Accessed from: http://www.urbanchinainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/usi.pdf).

European Commission. (2011). Urban sustainability: Learning from the best. (Accessed from:  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/docs/cities/egc_bpcatalogue_2010-2011.pdf)

EKOS International. (2000). Urban sustainability. (Accessed from: http://www.ekosi.com/samples/usreport.pdf)

Global Urban Development Magazine. (2007). Urban land, housing and transportation: The global challenge (Accessed from: http://www.globalurban.org/GUDMag07Vol3Iss1/Yuen.htm)

Ministry of National Development, Government of Singapore. (2011). $400 million to spearhead R&D in urban sustainability. (Accessed from: http://www.news.gov.sg/public/sgpc/en/media_releases/agencies/mnd/press_release/P-20110627-1.html)

Eco-business. (2011). Singapore trumps new green city index. (Accessed from: http://www.eco-business.com/features/singapore-trumps-new-green-city-index/)

Treehugger, Discovery Communications. (2011). Multinational Corporations Collaborate on Finland’s Urban Sustainability. (Accessed from: http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/multinationals-collaborate-urban-sustainability-finland.html)

Topic #1: Urban air pollution

World Bank. (unknown). Urban air pollution. (Accessed from: World Bank. http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/beyondco/beg_10.pdf)

World Resources Institute. (1999). Urban air pollution risks to children. (Accessed from: http://pdf.wri.org/urbanair_health.pdf)

Scientific American. (2010). Urban air pollutants can damage IQs before baby’s first breath. (Accessed from: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=urban-air-pollutants-can-damage-iqs-before-babys-first-breath)

The Guardian. (2007). Urban air pollution ‘more dangerous than Chernobyl’. (Accessed from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/03/uknews.pollution)

United Nations Environment Programme. (unknown) Urban air pollution. (Accessed from: http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/issues/urban_air.asp)

               

Topic #2: Energy efficient buildings

Department of Energy, United States of America. (2000). Elements of an energy-efficient house. (Accessed from: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/27835.pdf)

International Energy Agency. (2011). Energy efficient buildings: Heating and cooling equipment. (Accessed from: http://www.iea.org/papers/2011/buildings_roadmap.pdf)

Lehmann, S. (2007). Sustainability on the urban scale: Green urbanism. International Conference on Sustainable Architectural Design and Urban Planning. (Accessed from: http://esdp-network.eu/attachments/File/IP-2011/Sustainability_on_the_Urban_Scale.pdf)

World Business Council for Sustainable Development.  (unknown). Energy efficiency in buildings. (Access from: http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/EEBSummaryReportFINAL.pdf)

Building and Construction Authority. (2009). Zero Energy Building. (Accessed from: http://www.bcaa.edu.sg/zero_energy_building.aspx)

Topic #3: Urban transport

Institute for transportation and development policy. (2011). Our cities ourselves. (Accessed from: http://www.itdp.org/documents/OCO8principlesBook_FINAL.pdf)

IMPRINT Europe. (2002). The integration of road pricing with land use planning. (Accessed from: http://www.imprint-eu.org/public/Papers/Imprint_Banister_final.pdf)

United Nations Environment Programme. (unknown). Our planet: Sustainable transport on the right track. (Accessed from: http://www.unep.org/pdf/OP_sept/EN/OP-2009-09-en-FULLVERSION.pdf)

Asian Development Bank. (2006). Urban Transport Energy Efficiency. (Accessed from: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Technical-Notes/Urban-Transport-Energy-Efficiency/transport-energy-efficiency.pdf)

The Earth Times. (2011). Sustainable transport. (Accessed from:  http://www.earthtimes.org/encyclopaedia/environmental-issues/sustainable-transport/)

Topic #4: Urban poverty

United Nations Economic and Social Council. (2007). Facing the challenges of urbanisation and urban poverty in Asia and the Pacific. (Accessed from: http://www.unescap.org/pdd/CPR/CPR2007/English/CPR4_4E.pdf)

Global Urban Development Magazine. (2007). Squatters no more. (Accessed from: http://www.globalurban.org/GUDMag07Vol3Iss1/Yuen.htm)

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. (2004). Analyzing urban poverty. (Accessed from: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANPOVERTY/Resources/analyzingurbanpoverty.pdf)

Population Reference Bureau. (2009). Urban poverty and health in developing countries. (Accessed from: http://www.prb.org/pdf09/64.2urbanization.pdf)

Asian Trends Monitoring. (2012). Mega-trend urbanisation: How will the urban poor slog through? (Accessed from: http://www.asiantrendsmonitoring.com/2012/02/09/mega-trend-urbanization-how-will-the-urban-poor-slog-through/)

Topic #5: Urban biodiversity

Convention on Biological Diversity and Stockholm Resilience Centre. (2011). Cities and biodiversity outlook. (Accessed from: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/cbo/cbo-2011-10-en.pdf)

Conservation Biology. (2009). Motivations for conserving urban biodiversity. (Accessed from: http://biodiversity-group.huji.ac.il/publication_files/Dearborn-Kark%20Conservation%20Biology%20online%20early.pdf)

RIO+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. (2012). Urban biodiversity for a sustainable city and climate change resilience. (Accessed from: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=99&nr=202&menu=137)

National Parks Board. (2010). Singapore Index formally endorsed as a biodiversity measurement tool for cities. (Accessed from: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_news&task=view&id=233&Itemid=50)

Trees for Cities. (2011). Trees and urban biodiversity. (Accessed from: http://www.treesforcities.org/tree-news-and-information/benefits-of-urban-trees/trees-and-urban-biodiversity/)