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Urban Planning and Built Environment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 3113

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Li Yang

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College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: green built environment; ecological urban planning; low-carbon building; sustainable regeneration building
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The built environment has a crucial impact on urban planning. Cities are built on architecture and urban design. The built environment is an indispensable part of the elements of the city. The built environment is also closely related to the energy consumption of buildings, the healthy development of residents, the development of urban transportation systems, and even the vitality of cities.

With the development of urban design, the relationship between urban planning and the built environment has received increasing attention from researchers. The rationality, scientificity, and applicability of the built environment are directly related to urban planning and design and the comfort of people's living environment. Considering the role of the built environment in urban design is conducive to providing residents with a healthy and comfortable living environment and promoting the prosperity of urban development.  

Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect advanced research related to the built environment's effect on urban characteristics, the relationship between urban transport planning and the built environment, and the consideration of the built environment in urban planning.

Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:

  • Ecological low-carbon planning;
  • Green and low-carbon built environment;
  • Artificial intelligence algorithms;
  • Digital built environment;
  • Ecological restoration planning;
  • Conservation and regeneration of historic buildings;
  • Conservation and utilization of classical gardens.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

  • Sustainable urban planning and design;
  • Green building design;
  • Building energy efficiency;
  • Artificial intelligence architecture;
  • Built heritage protection;
  • The relative algorithm in AI architecture;
  • Innovation techniques for green building;
  • Building new energy utilization.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Li Yang
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • digital built environment
  • ecological low-carbon planning
  • green building
  • low-carbon
  • energy saving
  • artificial intelligence algorithms
  • conservation and regeneration of historic buildings
  • conservation and utilization of classical gardens

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Research on Microclimate Performance Simulation Application and Scheme Optimization in Traditional Neighborhood Renewal—A Case Study of Donghuali District, Foshan City
by Jian Zheng, Haitao Zhang, Zhonghui Liu and Bohong Zheng
Sustainability 2024, 16(5), 1899; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051899 - 26 Feb 2024
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With global warming and rapid urbanization, the microclimate in the Lingnan region is prone to health problems, such as pyrexia and infectious diseases, and the average annual number of heatwave-related deaths is rising rapidly. The large-scale regeneration of traditional neighborhoods in Lingnan under [...] Read more.
With global warming and rapid urbanization, the microclimate in the Lingnan region is prone to health problems, such as pyrexia and infectious diseases, and the average annual number of heatwave-related deaths is rising rapidly. The large-scale regeneration of traditional neighborhoods in Lingnan under high-quality development is underway, which has implications for the thermal comfort of microclimatic environments. This study focused on the impact of different building unit types and spatial patterns on thermal comfort in the Donghuali traditional neighborhood of Foshan City as an example. We extracted eight basic morphological units and designed a prototype block of 400 m × 400 m. In the Rhinoceros & Grasshopper parametric software 6.7, a variety of plug-ins were integrated to establish a platform with parametric modeling, microclimate simulation and evaluation, and optimal design for thermal comfort. Through experiments, the effects of new single-type and new composite building units on thermal comfort were investigated, and the correlation equations between spatial morphology and microclimate comfort in Lingnan traditional neighborhoods were established. Finally, the multi-objective genetic optimization of thermal comfort was carried out as an example of real block renewal, which provides a practical reference for the planning and design of traditional blocks. Full article
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Analysis of Narrative Space in the Chinese Classical Garden Based on Narratology and Space Syntax—Taking the Humble Administrator’s Garden as an Example
by Huishu Chen and Li Yang
Sustainability 2023, 15(16), 12232; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612232 - 10 Aug 2023
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Using the theory of Narratology and the analysis method of Space Syntax, the complex structure and plot of space in Chinese Classical Gardens (CCGs) are described and analysed, taking the Humble Administrator’s Garden as an example. The three elements of the garden’s spatial [...] Read more.
Using the theory of Narratology and the analysis method of Space Syntax, the complex structure and plot of space in Chinese Classical Gardens (CCGs) are described and analysed, taking the Humble Administrator’s Garden as an example. The three elements of the garden’s spatial system (nodes, boundaries, and linkages) constitute the complexity and similarity of the garden’s spatial structure. Plaques, couplets, poems, and paintings serve as the narrative vocabulary of the gardens, bringing out the theme and sublimating space. The garden owner uses the garden’s physical space as a carrier, combining the text of the “stories within a story” with the spatial structure of the “gardens in a garden”. By visiting the garden over time, visitors complete the narrative of the garden’s plot space and receive the garden owner’s aspiration of “Reclusive”. The introduction of narrative theory and space syntax into the analysis of Chinese Classical Gardens (CCGs) not only provides a new means of insight into the space of CCGs, but also provides designers with an idea of how to create rich spatial variations and emotional experiences in architectural practice by skilfully using limited spatial resources Full article
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