Sustainable Urban Transitions: Research, Policy and Practice

Allam, Zaheer

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-08-06
  • 售價: $5,690
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$5,406
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 432
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 9819926971
  • ISBN-13: 9789819926978
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This book aims to explore how sustainability transitions can be explored in current and future cities and how research and policy approaches can be applied to change urban life as we know it, hence aligning the two thematic of urban science and future science, for achieving deep decarbonization. On this, the discourse on philosophy, ethics, and morality appertaining to sustainable cities and urban transitions, across disciplines, are also welcomed as it provides a deeper understanding of humanity in future scenarios.

Chapter 08 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

作者簡介

Dr. Zaheer Allam holds a Ph.D. in Humanities, a Master of Arts (Res), an MBA, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Architectural Science from universities in Australia and the United Kingdom. Based in Mauritius, he is the chairperson of the National Youth Environment Council (NYEC) and a board member of the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency (MARENA) and works on a number of projects on the thematic of smart cities and on strategies dwelling in the increasing role of technology in culture and the society. Via his engagement in research, Zaheer is a honorary fellow at Deakin University and research fellow for the Sorbonne Business School and Hiroshima University. Zaheer is also the African representative of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB), member of the Advisory Circle of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), and a member of a number of other international bodies. He holds a number of awards and commendations, including an elevation to the rank ofOfficer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean by the President of Mauritius. He is the author of over 115 peer-reviewed publications and author of 8 books on the subject of smart, sustainable, and future cities.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

扎希爾·阿拉姆博士擁有人文學科的博士學位、研究碩士學位、工商管理碩士學位,以及來自澳大利亞和英國大學的應用科學學士學位。他目前居住在毛里求斯,擔任國家青年環境委員會(NYEC)主席及毛里求斯可再生能源機構(MARENA)董事會成員,並參與多個關於智慧城市主題的項目,以及探討科技在文化和社會中日益增長的角色的策略。透過他的研究參與,扎希爾是迪肯大學的名譽研究員,並擔任索邦商學院和廣島大學的研究員。扎希爾也是國際生態城市學會(ISB)的非洲代表,國際景觀建築師聯合會(IFLA)諮詢委員會成員,以及其他多個國際機構的成員。他獲得多項獎項和表彰,包括被毛里求斯總統提升為印度洋星與鑰匙勳章的官員。他是超過115篇同行評審出版物的作者,並著有8本關於智慧、可持續和未來城市的書籍。