Sustainable urban built environment: Principles, tools, and applications

Jones, Phillip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1559-8984 and Huang, Jianxiang 2025. Sustainable urban built environment: Principles, tools, and applications. Lu, Weisheng and Anumba, Chimay J., eds. Routledge Handbook of Smart Built Environment, Taylor & Francis, pp. 243-257. (10.1201/9781003383840-15)

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Abstract

A high-density city, consisting of many high-rise buildings clustered in close proximity, is celebrated for its efficiency, vitality, and return on investment. However, high density urban environments tend to intensify urban heat, stagnate air ventilation, and spread infectious diseases rapidly amongst its residents. The sustainability of a high-density city, therefore, hinges upon its capacity to operate efficiently and are comfortable and healthy for people. There are a number of tools that enable us to do this, ranging from existing building energy and environmental prediction models to some newly developed algorithms. Through research projects and real design applications we are gaining essential experience of how such tools can support the design and planning processes. In this chapter, the authors discuss changing our approach to sustainable urban built environments using new theories, tools, and strategies to enhance occupant comfort, health and well-being.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Architecture
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISBN:	9781003383840
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 17:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177215

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