Title: Sustainability in the city scale to fight global warming

Authors: Ayca Tokuc, Gulden Kokturk

Addresses: Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Dokuz Eylul University, Campus of Kaynaklar, 35160 Dogus Cad., 209 Buca Izmir, Turkiye. ' Electrics and Electronics Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Campus of Kaynaklar, 35160 Buca Izmir, Turkiye

Abstract: Cities are a hub of activity, transition and living. From the design of the infrastructure to the design of the buildings, from transportation to industry, there are lots that can be done to make a city better suited to sustainability. Yet, questions like ||Is renovating a fossil city the way to go?|| or ||How much can be done to make a present city more sustainable?|| need to be answered. The answers will be searched by selecting and examining cities around the world and in Turkey, in terms of selected indicators of sustainability in city scale. Consequently, the selected cities will be compared.

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable cities; sustainability indicators; solar cities; energy cities; ecological cities; global warming; sustainable development; Turkey.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2011.038378

International Journal of Global Warming, 2011 Vol.3 No.1/2, pp.173 - 193

Published online: 29 Jan 2015 *

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