Solutions for Sustainability Through Peri-Urbanization Processes - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798369360903

Publisher: Engineering Science Reference, 2025

Synopsis

Urban development and peri-urbanization are reshaping the relationship between human settlements and natural ecosystems amid accelerating climate change. These transformations present both challenges and opportunities for creating sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urban futures. Understanding how environmental pressures intersect with socioeconomic dynamics is essential for guiding responsible planning and policy. Insights from this topic can inform strategies that balance growth with ecological integrity, ultimately improving the quality of life in rapidly urbanizing regions. Solutions for Sustainability Through Peri-Urbanization Processes delves into the multifaceted challenges and opportunities arising from urban development and peri-urbanization processes, offering a nuanced understanding of how environmental transformations are reshaping urban landscapes. By examining the intricate relationships between human settlements and natural ecosystems, this book provides invaluable insights into the sustainable management of urban peripheries in the face of accelerating climate change. Covering topics such as ecological culture, rural services, and sustainable innovation, this book is an excellent resource for policymakers, urban planners, practitioners, community developers and leaders, researchers, academicians, and more.

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About the Authors

Vasco Barbosa , Born in Oporto and graduated in Architecture in 2000 at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Oporto, Portugal. Since 2018, he is independent expert of European Commission for spatial and urban planning issues. In 2017 finished a Posdoctoral period of 4 years in Brazil, Portugal and UK, about the application of Space Syntax (from University College London) to urban Planning. Ph.D in Spatial Planning and Territorial Development at the University of Santiago de Compostela, 2013. In 2011 completed a Master in “Management in Sustainable Land Use Planning” in the University of Santiago de Compostela. In 2008 completed a postgraduate degree in “Environmental Management and Land Use Planning” in the Superior Institute of Viana do Castelo. Independent expert of European Commission for Urban Planning issues and member of European Science Foundation. Currently, he is researcher at the University Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Portugal and associate researcher in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Current research interests: Urban and rural development; Spatial planning; Land use planning; Space syntax; Urban resilience and inequalities; Architecture, Heritage and landscape; Space Syntax.

Mónica Marcela Suárez Pradilla is a civil engineer from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with a Master’s and Ph.D. in Urban and Architectural Management and Valuation from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She is a professor at the Center for Roads and Transportation at the Universidad Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito. Her work focuses on sustainable urban transport, territorial development, and the impacts of infrastructure on spatial dynamics. She supervises doctoral and master’s theses, contributing to the training of researchers and professionals. Her publications in national and international journals address daily mobility, territorial planning, and equity in infrastructure access. Her research is grounded in methodological development, modeling techniques, and the advanced use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze and project urban and territorial dynamics critically and sustainably.

Edition details

• Publisher: Engineering Science Reference
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798369360903
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412
• Editor: Barbosa Vasco, Suárez Pradilla Mónica Marcela