Speakers
Description
The terms sustainable neighborhoods, eco-neighborhood or eco-districts are often used interchangeably regarding an approach that deals with sustainable neighborhood developments (SNDs) and communities. This proposal aims to examine the great variety of examples that can range greatly in land area from the footprint of complex made up from a small number of buildings to a larger development covering few hectares. The definition of such projects in spatial terms as Positive Energy Districts and indeed as vehicle towards smart and sustainable cities, arguably leads to some deliberation as to their preferred structural and organizational layouts, though there is general agreement in terms of their objectives regarding related energy aspects. The proposal will revisit this terminology and proceed to offer case studies from the Cypriot regional context in the form of a comparative analysis of SNDs, categorized according to how each specific case study compares against another under certain sustainability principles. The general principles for SND span across a range of strategies, from environmentally-sustainable design of individual buildings to the impact of neighborhoods or districts on the surrounding regional environment. Neighborhood sustainability assessment (NSA) tools such as LEED-Neighborhood Development, the Eco-District framework and BREEAM Communities integrating social, economic, and environmental dimensions at the neighborhood level will be relied upon, with varying priorities. Their thematic categorization – as exemplified by Bottero et al. in 2019 – may then be split into the (a) energy and natural resources dimension; (b) the socio-economic dimension; (c) the mobility dimension; and (d) the urban design dimension.
| GDPR complianced | Yes |
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| I am willing and able to travel to Norway unless Covid-19 restrictions prevent me from traveling to Stavanger. | YES |
