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In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN) declared soil a finite natural resource in the face of anthropogenic use, occupation, and exploitation. The importance of soil for maintaining life and other natural resources must be adequately addressed in the curricula for natural sciences and geography teaching. The National Common Curricular Base - BNCC, defined for elementary education in Brazil, and the Paulista Curriculum, specific for the state of Sao Paulo, imply that full trai...

The variety of urban landscapes, especially of urban green spaces provide a wide range of human well-being opportunities, physical recreation, sport activities, and urban heat mitigation. Therefore, there are many studies applying remote sensing and GIS methods, which were related to the sustainable city development focused on the -green network-, -green spaces- and land use. Conversely, illegal landfills in and around settlements and rivers have a negative anthropogenic impact on the environment. Therefore, their...

In order to reduce the costs of AS ?Sadales tikls', the largest distribution electric network company in Latvia, within the framework of the work efficiency improvement program, the facilities of the support bases where production resources were concentrated - people, equipment and materials, and the geographical location of real estate - were analyzed. A real estate survey of the company's support bases was conducted and the efficiency of use was assessed. The geospatial analysis included the distance and time on...

An ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is set by the political initiative -The European Green Deal- and -Fit for 55- package. The municipalities, which carry out the strategic management of the district heating systems, will have to ensure the sustainable development of the territory in a way that includes a significant increase in energy efficiency both in the building stock and in the related district heating system. The aim of this research is to study and develop an easy-to-use methodology and an a...

In 1923 Le Corbusier-s Vers une architecture was published for the first time, maybe the most influential essay for the discipline ever. Imprinted on the title page of that first edition was the photo of the deck of the steamer Aquitaine, at the time the most up-to- date result of the industry: from there, the -machine- became the model for a radical renewal of architecture. Nowadays, in 2023, who would ever dream of presenting the latest cruise ship or a super-jet as a paradigm for a renewed architecture? In fact...

This paper presents a model for super-rapid charging stations powered by renewable energy sources and conducts an analysis of land suitability based on climatic parameters. Initially, data on temperature, solar radiation, and specific humidity were collected for three designated areas, followed by an examination of the variations in these values. Among the three cities, Cernavoda, Medgidia, and Ovidiu, two equal segments of approximately 30 kilometers each were established for the installation of photovoltaic pane...

This paper focuses on introducing new procedures for control processes in the area of quality monitoring and the progress of the construction of linear structures, such as roads, railways, or engineering networks. It emphasizes automation and streamlining of processes, which includes efforts to reduce manual labor and increase efficiency through digitization. Digitization is a key element of this approach, as it allows for easier transfer and analysis of data, leading to progress and more accurate evaluation of ou...

Dispersion areas are one of the essential elements determining the convenient coming and departure of buildings with a large number of users. However, in the legislation and normative base of the Czech Republic, they are a neglected element without clearly defined parameters. Although the legislation defines the term "dispersion area", it does not further specify it. Here again, the different environment of large and small cities in the Czech Republic is reflected. Individual large towns or cities, for example, Pr...

The report explores spatial connectivity options for housing modules for post-disaster and emergency shelters. Various high-density module clustering archetypes are being explored and sustainable solutions are elaborated regarding saving usable space, utilizing resource efficiency and implementing environmentally friendly materials. Usually, the people affected by disasters are accommodated in unfavorable conditions, so the study explores decisions that ensure comfort during temporary habitation along with a regar...

Climate change has precipitated severe issues such as soil erosion, intense precipitation and extended droughts, impacting not only agricultural sectors but also ordinary citizens globally. Unfortunately, human interventions frequently exacerbate, rather than mitigate, these problems. Our approach emphasizes the application of environmentally friendly blue-green infrastructure, recognized for its potential in mitigating climate change effects and enhancing living conditions for both the local populace and the indi...

A study of the bioregion paradigm reveals that bioregions can be diverse. A bioregion is a construct of the human mind that evolves to resist the continued destruction of wild systems in an effort to restore ecological balance. Latvia has a diverse landscape, relatively rich biological diversity and cultural heritage, which provides a solid foundation for the creation of potential bioregions. The UN Sustainable Development Goals, the European Green Deal and other documents offer solutions to make our farming more ...

Urban green infrastructure has historically been used for aesthetical purposes, making landscapes visually pleasant. More recently the green infrastructure in urban and sub- urban areas has started to be applied to help solve a broad range of problems that city dwellers are facing. These problems include natural disasters, overheating, excessive flows rainwater, biodiversity decline and food insecurity among others. Thus, implementation of green infrastructure as Nature-based Solutions has become increasingly popu...

Ventilation plays a key role in maintaining the indoor environmental quality of buildings. This contribution focuses on the significance of ventilation intensity as a crucial indicator of air quality within buildings. The aim is to analyze the impact of ventilation intensity on various aspects of the indoor environment, including thermal comfort, pollutant concentrations, and overall occupant comfort. The research is centered around methods for measuring ventilation intensity and ways to optimize this value to ach...

A healthy indoor environment is becoming an increasingly important issue. As the use of various materials in inhabited interiors increases, so does the concentration of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in these spaces. The actual trend of reducing energy consumption in buildings, such as by using perfectly sealing windows and doors, contributes to this increase. Consequently, people moving around in these interiors experience a rise in health problems due to the elevated concentrations of VOCs. This study...

A miniaturized on-board platform for optic sensors stabilization is the proposed concept developed and tested by a multidisciplinary team of engineers under a UEFISCDI (the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding in Romania) research funding. The need for a UAV to capture images and give in-depth information of ground objects is fulfilled by the developed three-axial stabilized optical system. Modern techniques, technologies and state-of-the-art electronics are employed ...

Geographical areas with high biodiversity, high geodiversity and high cultural diversity tend to coincide. However, conservation strategies tend to consider these aspect of diversity separately, instead of considering them all together. Application of an integrated approach could potentially improve effectiveness of conservation actions and deliver significant benefits both to human and to the natural environment. Practical implementation of the integrated approach might, however, be problematic due to the fact th...

In the age of climate change, the sustainable adaptation of historical assets has gained importance. Adapting historical heritage assets helps to reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution. The sustainable adaptation of heritage assets causes minimal damage to natural and social environments by minimizing its use of these resources. The aim of using sustainability in conservation is to maximize the efficient use of an existing facility and minimize the negative impact on the environment. The physical fe...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a tool that increases information in the project. Within the effective management of construction projects, a view on economic sustainability is important. In the context of this, the BIM issue needs to be addressed within the limits of economic parameters and the impact on sustainability from this point of view. This research is focused on the analysis of BIM technology from the point of view of the economic sustainability of construction project management (CPM). The goal o...

This paper engages architectural disciplines to explore possible development paths for abandoned extraction sites. With the growing importance attributed to the circular economy, dismissed quarries embody significant opportunities to compensate for the past exploitation of natural resources and, possibly, strengthen environmental equilibriums and local sociocultural distinctiveness. The example of the Lessinia quarries near Verona is assumed as the research case, with a method based on two key points. First, sever...

In the last two years, given the frequent occurrence of crisis situations, we are becoming more aware of them and the need for proper management of emerging crisis situations and prediction of possible crises in the near future is becoming a necessity [1]. Crisis management is a complex process consisting of several phases that will be explained in this paper. Within each phase there is room for the use of cartographic support. It speeds up communication and provides an indispensable source of information for pred...

The creation of public spaces is currently quite conditioned by the impact of the idea of sustainable mobility and efforts to improve the environment in urban spaces. On the one hand, there are ideas and thoughts for improving public spaces, on the other hand, outdated legislation prevents these ideas from being sufficiently implemented. One of the most important elements for changing the division of transport work in urban conditions and thus improving the perception and appearance of public spaces is to increase...

The land use in Latvia is regulated by a number of regulatory documents, that determine the requirements for property development planning and design. Real estates with a certain composition have been formed, which have defined purposes of real estate use and types of land use, which determine the development possibilities of the territory. Today, many fruit growing companies in Latvia have established a stable production base. Although many farms are getting good harvests, the owners still want to develop orchard...

The inclusion of greenery in spatial planning has an irreplaceable function. Not only do these areas fulfill an aesthetic function in otherwise monotonous areas of villages and towns, but they also significantly affect the quality of life of local citizens. These are primarily areas that provide a space for people to meet in a pleasant green environment and, thus, an opportunity to relax and recharge their batteries as a result of the positive effect of greenery on the human psyche. At the same time, green areas s...

The awareness and attitudes of stakeholders are crucial for the development of green roofs and green walls. The aim of this article is to analyze the awareness, opinions and attitude of respondents from Sofia, Bulgaria regarding green roofs and green walls, as well as the willingness to pay (WTP) for these types of green infrastructure. A direct consumer survey was conducted, containing 17 questions regarding sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, awareness/opinions about green roofs and green walls ...

Nature-based Solutions is an umbrella concept, gaining traction in recent years. It implies working with nature in order to simultaneously address multiple challenges humanity faces today, including biodiversity loss, climate change, food and energy insecurity. Nature-based Solutions are being applied across landscape types, including urban, rural, forest and protected areas. Combining nature-based solutions with landscape design, however, has predominantly been considered in cities. However, there is a great pote...

The paper deals with the current state and development of smart cities in the Czech Republic in the context of sustainable mobility and transport and the improvement of the quality of life inhabited by small-scale cities. Today, cities are exposed to many challenges and are looking for new efficient transport solutions that will ease existing infrastructure, improve public space, and promote sustainable modes of transport. The growth of individual car traffic has caused numerous social conflicts and environmental ...

In recent years, the whole world has been looking for the most suitable solution to deal with global warming and other environmental consequences caused mainly by anthropogenic activities. One of the potential problematic phenomena at present is urbanization, which subsequently has an impact on the enlargement of urban or suburban areas at the expense of green areas. Vertical vegetation systems are part of the blue-green sustainable infrastructure and have become increasingly popular in recent years. With the righ...

Procedural techniques are used to generate 3D models, textures, images, and effects. Procedural modelling is widely used in areas such as architecture, archeology, and video games, and is based on a series of rules and algorithms. Computer-generated architecture (CGA) is a set of rules that software uses to automatically generate models. This paper describes the process of creating three models using CGA rules and procedural modelling. The models were created using the free Blender software and the geometry nodes ...

Pedestrian roads in the Czech Republic are currently designed following the valid Czech technical standard CSN 73 6110 entitled "Design of local roads". According to this standard, the width of sidewalks is designed according to the speed, intensity, and current density of pedestrians, ie in a very similar way to the design of roads for motor vehicles. However, the vast majority of small towns do not have processed field measurements that determine the relevant values, so they only propose the minimum width of sid...

Investment projects aimed at brownfield revitalization have significant potential for the economic development of the area where they are located. Such a project usually removes old environmental burdens or deals with a problem with non-functional or dilapidated buildings. However, an appropriately set investment plan which respects internal territorial economic connections as well as the character of surrounding environment can provide solutions to other regional problems or implement economically beneficial acti...

While comprehensive legislative frameworks may exist, the sustainable management of construction and demolition waste has proven challenging, especially for countries where environmental maturity may be still lacking. Recognizing the great potential for recycling and reusing CDW materials, Cypriot researchers are developing a new green building facade material using recycled materials. However, the market success of such a material is highly dependent on sound management and on stakeholders- acceptance, hence the ...

The current paper presents the way of carrying out the topographical works combined with the design of the redevelopment of a recreation park in a crowded urban area of the municipality of Timisoara. The aim of the work was to create a topographical plan using the AutoCad, and Autodesk Map programs in order to draw up the architectural landscape redevelopment plan. The multitude of the block of flats located in the Calea Girocului neighborhood, makes the lack of green spaces acutely felt by the residents. For this...

Several types of transport integrates transit nodes. Transit nodes are located in built-up areas, inside cities or on the outskirts of cities, urban agglomerations. Transit nodes are an important part of public passenger transport. The article is about transit nodes on the regional railway line between Bratislava and Dunajska Streda. The transit nodes are the railway stations on this line. Intercepting parking lots are part of the transit nodes outside large cities. It is important to compare travel times from sou...

With this article, the author will try to outline the relationship between environmental urbanism, the urban economy and policies to build sustainable cities of the future. Given that worldwide attention is being paid to the problems of climate change, which go hand in hand with the creation of sustainable architecture, which uses green technologies to build a modern city, where the application of the environmental approach is seen as a means of healing and planning the modern city of the future. The emerging tren...

In accordance with the principles of sustainable development, people have the right to live in a healthy, comfortable, and pleasant environment that is adapted to their needs. Not only urban planners, urban engineers, or developers, but the whole society are starting to deal with the issue of public space in cities more intensively. However, most of the discussions mainly concern the height and density of buildings within the city and do less about the resulting changes in urban space, which will affect the entire...

One of the tasks defined in the basic principles of sustainable building construction is to ensure a quality indoor environment and the health and wellbeing of the building’s users. Especially in the current epidemiological period, people spend more than 90% of their time indoors. In almost every indoor environment (IE), there is a certain number of ornamental houseplants. In most cases, these are ornamental plants with leaves or flowers. These plants give us aesthetic impressions and improve the well-being of bui...

The story of the evolving development of urban-landscape theory, planning, and design is like the evolving perceptions and advancing knowledge in mathematics, anthropology, geography, and ecology. In the mid-90s, the theory of landscape urbanism appeared in the West, according to which the structure of cities is determined by landscape factors more than architecture. Landscape urbanism describes "the ability to produce urban planning effects traditionally achieved through the construction of buildings, simply thro...

The UNESCO Global Geopark network is expanding. Geoparks are intended to play important roles in sustainable development. For this to happen, new sites geopark establishment need to be carefully evaluated. In addition, protection and maintenance of heritage and sustainability within established geoparks requires effective monitoring. Modern geographic information system (GIS) technologies have a lot to offer for effective landscape-scale assessments and monitoring of geo park territories. However, little attention...

Green roofs can provide a number of benefits in urban areas, including mitigation of heat islands, reduction of urban air pollution, CO2 sequestration, noise reduction, water retention, absorption of pollutants in rainwater runoff, acid rain buffering, etc. The aim of the study is to map the land cover and assess some of the potential benefits of retrofitting green roofs in a residential area in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The survey covers Yuzhen (South) Quarter, with an area of 31.33 ha. According to the General Developm...

The future of the energy industry has been one of the most important problems in both domestic and world politics for many years. This is due to the legal conditions relating directly to the energy sector, resulting from the climate and energy policy focused on actions in the field of climate protection. Poland is a unique country in comparison to other European Union countries, the energy balance of which mainly, because in over 86% of the electricity produced, comes from hard coal and lignite. This unique and un...

The paper focuses on updating the results of partial steps associated with the socio-economic evaluation of public projects in the field of transport, specifically railway infrastructure. The article builds on the research results presented within previous scientific articles where the unit impacts of sub-categories of occurrences on the Czech railways were determined using a detailed Database of Occurrences for the 2011-2018 period. Within the research work of the project "Evaluation of Increased Safety and Relia...

Global warming is a dangerous phenomenon caused by anthropogenic environmental pollution. Renewable energy sources (RES) contribute to minimizing CO2 emissions. At the 26th meeting of the conference of the Parties (COP26), goals to reduce net emissions were set as soon as possible. At the same time, the European Commission has set the goal of achieving zero net emissions by 2050. Thermal transformation of conventional energy carriers causes the depletion of natural resources, the formation of secondary waste, and ...

Cadastre and Land Registry for Alba County in relation to the other counties of our country. Alba County is made up of 78 administrative territorial units, in which, within the framework of the programme, systematic registration works are carried out, both at cadastral sector and at ATU level. The works have been and continue to be financed from the own revenues of the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising (ANCPI), through the Office for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising (OCPI) of Alba, but a...

Urban agriculture has become increasingly topical in recent years due to both social trends and challenges of sustainable development. Although functions of the urban agriculture, especially economic and social, have been widely explored since the 1990s, the focus is mostly on regions where urban agriculture practices are strategies for survival and basic food security or on highly metropolitan cities, with little focus on countries and cities with a relatively medium or even low population density, thus excluding...

The article focuses on the Landscape Architect profession and the competencies that a person must have in order to be able to conduct research and analyses of green areas, organizing the space optimally, making informed management decisions and finding economically sound solutions. A landscape architect possesses specialized knowledge and skills that are directly involved in designing and managing the green infrastructure and its various components. The importance of this profession is undoubted in the process of ...

Main pedestrian lines and nodes in urban structures need to be penetrated with water and greenery for the transformation into vital and ecological public spaces. The context of water and greenery provides to public spaces flow of landscape and flow of natural elements through the major arteries and meeting places of the city. Our research on the Danube riverfront in Bratislava and its recreational hinterland focused on implementing greening of the area, the zone in contact with the river, landscape modelling, and ...

Disasters bring about sudden changes to life, the environment and nature; fundamentally altering landscapes and thus also influencing the history, culture, traditions and environmental perspectives of the regions in which they occur. This study aimed to investigate the ways in which a landscape is treated and changed in the process of recovery from a large scale earthquake and to examine the introduction of green infrastructure during this recovery process. To achieve this, we set two specific research objectives....

At present the traffic lights are common part of the road intersections. This type of traffic control has many advantages: increase in traffic safety, clearly defined driving preference, increase in intersection capacity etc. On the other hand the intersections with traffic lights can show also some disadvantages, for example wrong behaviour of road participants, problem with traffic flow continuity, often due to wrong signal program, traffic volumes or geometric and building parameters of intersection, economic a...

In the 1920 accrued one vehicle per one thousand inhabitants, in 1960 twenty cars per thousand inhabitants, and today it is 400 cars per 1000 inhabitants. The population and the numbers of vehicles increase causes a lot of economical and environmental problems, not only in Czech Republic but in the whole world. Today, parking is considered as a big problem for many reasons. The reasons are the numbers of inhabitants and numbers and size of vehicles increase, restricted parking spaces, traffic jams on roads, the lo...

The reason for the creation of playgrounds was the effort to get playing children off the city streets where they could get injured due to increasing car traffic. More than 160 years have passed since, and the playgrounds have gradually been transformed according to the needs of the time. Denser traffic, and generally a sense of greater discomfort among strangers, have increased demands on finding ways how to satisfy all the needs of the children with their escort. With the development of transportation, the feeli...