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A sustainability point of view on horizontal and vertical urban growth
- In many regions of the world the urbanisation process is accelerating dramatically. This puts pressure on urban planners but also politics to develop strategies for sustainable city growth. With the rapidly increasing demand for living space in urban areas, cities typically grow vertically. This is largely driven by real estate markets and sometimes also by the desire for status symbols. Certainly, vertical urban growth makes sense, when horizontal growth destroys important flora and Fauna (e.g. in rain forest regions), but in many cases vertical growth is result of real-estate business and Expansion limitation due to state or country borders. However, economics and borders are made by humans. They follow human-made rules. Gravity does not. Therefore, from a point of view of sustainable materials and resourceuse, the trending vertical growth of cities may come under scrutiny. The following aspects should be considered, when a decision is taken between a new quarter with limitedIn many regions of the world the urbanisation process is accelerating dramatically. This puts pressure on urban planners but also politics to develop strategies for sustainable city growth. With the rapidly increasing demand for living space in urban areas, cities typically grow vertically. This is largely driven by real estate markets and sometimes also by the desire for status symbols. Certainly, vertical urban growth makes sense, when horizontal growth destroys important flora and Fauna (e.g. in rain forest regions), but in many cases vertical growth is result of real-estate business and Expansion limitation due to state or country borders. However, economics and borders are made by humans. They follow human-made rules. Gravity does not. Therefore, from a point of view of sustainable materials and resourceuse, the trending vertical growth of cities may come under scrutiny. The following aspects should be considered, when a decision is taken between a new quarter with limited number of storeys or a new skyscraper.…
Autor*innen: | Wolfram SchmidtORCiD, J. Anniser, K. Manful |
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Persönliche Herausgeber*innen: | Wolfram SchmidtORCiD |
Dokumenttyp: | Beitrag zu einem Tagungsband |
Veröffentlichungsform: | Eigenverlag BAM |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | ISEE Africa - Innovation, Science, Engineering, Education |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2019 |
Organisationseinheit der BAM: | 7 Bauwerkssicherheit |
7 Bauwerkssicherheit / 7.0 Abteilungsleitung und andere | |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) |
Verlag: | Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) |
Verlagsort: | Berlin |
Erste Seite: | 189 |
Letzte Seite: | 193 |
DDC-Klassifikation: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Ingenieurwissenschaften / Ingenieurbau |
Freie Schlagwörter: | Carbon emissions; Construction; Materials; Sustainability; Urbanisation |
Themenfelder/Aktivitätsfelder der BAM: | Infrastruktur |
Veranstaltung: | ISEE Africa - Innovation, Science, Engineering, Education |
Veranstaltungsort: | Nairobi, Kenya |
Beginndatum der Veranstaltung: | 30.01.2019 |
Enddatum der Veranstaltung: | 01.02.2019 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-484848 |
URL: | http://isee-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Innovation-Science-Engineering-Education_High-Quality.pdf |
ISBN: | 978-3-9818564-2-2 |
Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei für die Öffentlichkeit verfügbar ("Open Access") |
Physisches Exemplar in der Bibliothek der BAM vorhanden ("Hardcopy Access") | |
Bibliotheksstandort: | R 93 |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 24.07.2019 |
Referierte Publikation: | Nein |
Schriftenreihen ohne Nummerierung: | Wissenschaftliche Artikel der BAM |