Environmental factors affect the health and well-being of urban residents. Throughout the land use history, forests are deforested to build buildings. This affects the environment and plays an active role in climate change. Because the trees absorb and store the...
Urban land use planning
Urban places often undergo changes. So, the sustainable City is the generally recognized principle for the development of the city as a living, working and leisure space. Urban green space has a big role in this sustainable development. From playgrounds to sport areas, everything needs to be planned before getting build. By considering the climate change, the urban planner has the task to build environmentally friendly buildings and spaces. With considering the economic and technology aspect. The expectation of citizens for greener urban has risen. It shows in their living habits. They think greener. All these aspects lead to the future oriented target. Becoming a smart city.
The city needs and wants the inhabitants to have access for education, culture, and work. In short “mobility of the city”. Moreover, mobility gives the inhabitants the chance to participate in the social life. The people need to have the opportunity to use transportation freely to be able to move from A to B. An example, therefore, the urban planer can consider roads just for buses. They will be electrical because it is an important aspect and is future oriented.
Legal and political factors
The purpose of the Green Deal is to make a better and healthier life for the people and future, through building energy-efficient buildings and public transports. The reason is, that most of these produce CO2. For buildings it is the used materials like cement and for...
Social and cultural factors
The population is getting older and older. Moreover, the birthrate goes down, but don’t affect the increasing population. Couples and families have different backgrounds. As a result, cultures are mixing. This shows us that the living situation and need have changed....
Technological factors
Technologies will and are playing an important role for cities and the inhabitants on fighting against the climate change and to become more “greener”. Several technologies have already been developed which are exactly invented for this purpose. Two technologies...
Examples of innovative solutions
Planted buildings: New ideas shows buildings with grasses or small trees on it. On the balcony for example or the roof. Furthermore, this innovation helps to optimize the land use of an urban. During the building of a building the environmental trees and grasses...
Good practice
HLJ2015- Integrated planning process of land use plan, housing strategy and transport system plan: Mar 2018; Good practice _ project SMART-MR (see also 1.3.2.3 Mobility / transport)
More information
Papers / books M. Randelhoff, „zukunft-mobiliteat,“ 28 Dezember 2017. [Online]. D. B. Hendricks, „bmi.bund.de,“ 2015. [Online]. Urban land use planning as an enabler of economic growth: 2020; Collier, P., Glaeser, E., Venables, A., Manwaring, P.; IGC Cities that Work...
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