Sustainability in the Coastal Urban Environment: Thematic Profiles of Resources and their Users
Ahmed Z. Khan · Le Xuan Quynh · Eric Corijn · Frank Canters
Dec 2013 · Sapienza Università Editrice
Ebook
485
Pages
About this ebook
The process of globalization has been in the focus for much discussion and debate over its benefits and downsides. Globalisation has helped to raise productivity and employment; lift millions out of poverty; revolutionised communications; boosted international cooperation; fostered competition; boosted global economic growth and interdependencies through trade and FDI flows; and facilitated scientific discoveries (Gurria, 2007). However, at the same time, globalization is also blamed for a growing uncertainty and insecurity in the job market; depressed wages; increasing inequality; overexploitation of irreplaceable natural resources; the transfer of political power to large multinationals operating outside of the democratic processes; and the sacrifice of cultural and other values to the dictates of the marketplace.
About the author
Ahmed Z. Khan
As Associate Prof & Chair Sustainable Architecture & Urbanism at Université Libre de Bruxelles, my research activities focus on issues of Sustainability, Climate Change and Spatial Quality at different scales of the built environment with particular interest in exploring Sustainable Urban Futures. I have practiced for about a decade, coordinated large-scale European & regionally funded research projects, worked at KUL & VUB, and held AKPIA fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Le Xuan Quynh
Le Xuan Quynh has a background in environmental sciences and human ecology and is currently working on her PhD within the Department of Geography of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She has worked on research projects on environmental conflict assessment, environmental management systems (EMS), environmental assessment (EIA and SEA) and human ecology. She has great interest in environmental protection against climate change, pollution and biodiversity degradation.
Eric Corijn
Professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Cosmopolis). He created the Brussels Academy. Co-director of POLIS, a joint masters degree in European Urban Cultures of the universities of Brussels (VUB), Tilburg (UvT), Manchester (MMU) and Helsinki(UADH) and of “4Cities”, a UNICA-Euromaster in Urban Studies with the universities of Brussels, Vienna, Kopenhagen and Madrid. Formerly also thought at the universities of Deusto (Bilbao-Spain), Tilburg (The Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Vesalius College-Brussels (Belgium), at the Catedra Unesco de Politiques Culturals I Cooperacio at the University of Girona (Spain). He is author of over 200 publications on a wide range of subjects.
Frank Canters
Professor of cartography, GIS and remote sensing at the Department of Geography of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and head of the Cartography and GIS Research Group. His research focuses on the development of remote sensing and GIS driven approaches for monitoring and modelling of urban dynamics, with a particular interest in urban ecology and urban sustainability issues. He is the author of more than 80 refereed publications covering a wide range of topics, including mapping and monitoring of urban sprawl, inferring urban land use from land cover, urban green monitoring, analysis of urban form, remote-sensing driven calibration of urban growth models, and impact of urban growth on runoff and groundwater recharge. Developing methods to extract information from remotely sensed data that is useful for local and regional decision making is an important concern in much of the work done by his lab. Earlier in his career, Frank's research focused on map projection topics. He is the author of two handbooks on small-scale map projection choice and map projection design. One of the best known outcomes of this work is the Canters projection, a minimum-error world map projection launched in the early 90s and still used in geography textbooks today. Frank Canters' expertise includes: Urban remote sensing, Monitoring and modeling of urban dynamics, Uncertainty in spatial data, Map projection research.
As Associate Prof & Chair Sustainable Architecture & Urbanism at Université Libre de Bruxelles, my research activities focus on issues of Sustainability, Climate Change and Spatial Quality at different scales of the built environment with particular interest in exploring Sustainable Urban Futures. I have practiced for about a decade, coordinated large-scale European & regionally funded research projects, worked at KUL & VUB, and held AKPIA fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Le Xuan Quynh
Le Xuan Quynh has a background in environmental sciences and human ecology and is currently working on her PhD within the Department of Geography of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She has worked on research projects on environmental conflict assessment, environmental management systems (EMS), environmental assessment (EIA and SEA) and human ecology. She has great interest in environmental protection against climate change, pollution and biodiversity degradation.
Eric Corijn
Professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Cosmopolis). He created the Brussels Academy. Co-director of POLIS, a joint masters degree in European Urban Cultures of the universities of Brussels (VUB), Tilburg (UvT), Manchester (MMU) and Helsinki(UADH) and of “4Cities”, a UNICA-Euromaster in Urban Studies with the universities of Brussels, Vienna, Kopenhagen and Madrid. Formerly also thought at the universities of Deusto (Bilbao-Spain), Tilburg (The Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Vesalius College-Brussels (Belgium), at the Catedra Unesco de Politiques Culturals I Cooperacio at the University of Girona (Spain). He is author of over 200 publications on a wide range of subjects.
Frank Canters
Professor of cartography, GIS and remote sensing at the Department of Geography of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and head of the Cartography and GIS Research Group. His research focuses on the development of remote sensing and GIS driven approaches for monitoring and modelling of urban dynamics, with a particular interest in urban ecology and urban sustainability issues. He is the author of more than 80 refereed publications covering a wide range of topics, including mapping and monitoring of urban sprawl, inferring urban land use from land cover, urban green monitoring, analysis of urban form, remote-sensing driven calibration of urban growth models, and impact of urban growth on runoff and groundwater recharge. Developing methods to extract information from remotely sensed data that is useful for local and regional decision making is an important concern in much of the work done by his lab. Earlier in his career, Frank's research focused on map projection topics. He is the author of two handbooks on small-scale map projection choice and map projection design. One of the best known outcomes of this work is the Canters projection, a minimum-error world map projection launched in the early 90s and still used in geography textbooks today. Frank Canters' expertise includes: Urban remote sensing, Monitoring and modeling of urban dynamics, Uncertainty in spatial data, Map projection research.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.