Trends in Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; adaptive capacity; Archimedean screw turbine; assessment level; bibliometric analysis; biopolymer; bridge; bridges; cable-stayed bridge; cascading impacts; China; civil engineering; convergence analysis; COPRAS and ViNeRS Methods; decentralization optimization; design; environmental externalities; environmental impact; GDP; green building; green energy; green housing; green technology; greenhouse gas; hierarchical relational modeling; indicator; indicator system; infrastructure integrated planning; LCCA; LCIA; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing; life-cycle assessment; local spatial planning stage; mega infrastructure projects; micro-behavior; multi-criteria decision analysis; multi-scale assessment; multivariate design and multiple criteria analysis; neuro correlation matrix; neuro decision matrix; numerical simulation; operation and maintenance management; policy decision-making; policy evolution; resilient structures; road network; SILA; social network analysis; sustainability; sustainable construction; sustainable development; text mining; text mining analysis; video neuro-advertising
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036509143; 9783036509150; books978-3-0365-0915-0
• Access: Open Access

The recently established Sustainable Development Goals call for a paradigm shift in the way that buildings and infrastructures are conceived. The construction industry is a major source of environmental impacts, given its great material consumption and energy demands. It is also a major contributor to the economic growth of regions, through the provision of useful infrastructure and generation of employment, among other factors. Conventional approaches underlying current building design practices fall short of covering the relevant environmental and social implications derived from inappropriate design, construction, and planning. The development of adequate sustainable design strategies is therefore becoming extremely relevant regarding the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda Goals for Sustainable Development. This book comprises 11 chapters that highlight the actual research trends in the construction sector, aiming to increase the knowledge on sustainable design practices by highlighting the actual practices that explore efficient ways to reduce the environmental consequences related to the construction industry, while promoting social wellbeing and economic development. The chapters collect papers included in the Special Issue "Trends in Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure" of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.