Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being

  • 6h 31m
  • Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano
  • IGI Global
  • 2022

Global environmental challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanization, and human influence on the environment continue to grow. Many of these resulting risks lead to diseases and negative impacts on health and quality of life. It is now essential to develop more sustainable and healthy environments with greater focus on prevention by targeting the root causes of disease. Urban communities comprise a high concentration of services, consumption, and waste and represent an unsustainable pattern of urbanization that accelerates the decline of global ecosystems services rather than supporting them through the compensatory contributions of peri-urban and rural areas. By focusing on reducing environmental and social risk factors, almost a quarter of the global burden of disease can be avoided through better health promotion strategies and improved prevention and hygiene measures.

Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being highlights the interdisciplinary connections between the environment and human health, focusing on new ideas and suggestions for promoting both sustainable development and human health and well-being. It creates a new approach to the analysis of human impacts on the natural environment and, conversely, determines how the environment can modulate human lifestyles and health. Furthermore, this book explores opportunities and challenges urban communities face as they seek to become sustainable systems embedded in their diverse and complex social and environmental contexts. Covering topics such as affordable housing, ecological waste materials, and urban health, this premier reference source is an essential resource for environmentalists, civil engineers, government officials, architects, libraries, students and educators of higher education, urban planners, researchers, and academicians.

About the Author

Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano is a PhD in Industrial Engineering, Postgraduate Diploma in Plant Engineering, Postgraduate Diploma in University Didactics, Master in Mathematical Engineering Extraordinary Doctorate Award. Assistant Professor of the Department of Architecture and Design, in the area of Facilities at the Higher Polytechnic School of the CEU San Pablo University. He has been teaching at Building Installations, Electromechanics and Materials, Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Continuous Media and Theory of Structures. Accredited Professor by the ACAP in the figures of Professor Hired Doctor, Professor Doctor of Private University and Tenured Professor. A six-year research period recognized by the CNEAI. He has taught in undergraduate and master's degrees at the Carlos III University of Madrid, Camilo José Cela University, European University of Madrid, Antonio de Nebrija University, Technical University of Madrid and Alfonso X El Sabio University. He has published several books and articles concerning the areas of Energy, Installations and Continuous Media Mechanics.

In this Book

  • Bioclimatic Characterisation Methodology of a City—The Case of Málaga, Spain
  • Conceptualization of an Air-Extraction System to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmissions inside Public Transportation Buses
  • Dynamic Glazing with Higher Thermal and Optical Performance for Zero Energy Building Design
  • Dynamic of Construction Robotics to Develop Affordable Housing in Latin American Cities
  • Green Infrastructure as a Nature-Based Recovery Strategy for Natural Areas in Desert Developing Countries of the South Pacific Coastal Strip—The Peruvian Case Study of Chimbote and Nuevo Chimbote
  • Green Knowledge and Technology and Their Implications in Organizational Green Innovation, Urban Green Innovation Spaces, and Green Roofs
  • Landscape and Water Networks—Impact on Health for the Smart City – Case Study—El Pardo and the Manzanares River Basin
  • Methodology for the Evaluation of Fire Safety in Existing Urban Residential Areas in Spain—The Case of Social Housing in Pamplona (1940-80)
  • Research of Alternative Ecological Waste Materials Used in Geopolymers for Sustainable Built Environments
  • Smart City Buildings for a Resilient, Sustainable Future
  • Sustainability and Health in a Smart City—Health at the Heart of a Smart City
  • Urban Health in Vulnerable Environments—Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Improvement Actions in School Areas in Makeni, Sierra Leone
  • Compilation of References
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