Energy Sustainability
Energy sustainability is an important component of sustainability, especially for urban regions due to their relatively large energy use. The importance of energy sustainability is due to the notable environmental impacts of energy processes and the impor
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lding Sustainable Cities Social, Economic and Environmental Factors
Building Sustainable Cities
Aldo Alvarez-Risco • Marc A. Rosen Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales • Dora Marinova Editors
Building Sustainable Cities Social, Economic and Environmental Factors
Editors Aldo Alvarez-Risco Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Recursos Humanos Universidad de San Martín de Porres Lima, Peru Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante “Almirante Miguel Grau” Callao, Peru Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana Iquitos, Peru
Marc A. Rosen Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa, ON, Canada Dora Marinova Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia
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Preface
Building sustainable cities is a global challenge for governments, and needs to be done in coordination with public and private organizations and, importantly, their citizens. When working towards the objective of achieving sustainable development worldwide, especially in light of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2015–2030, it is important to have a reference source to guide research and teaching efforts, as well as practical applications. This is needed in universities and other educational institutions focused on teaching sustainable development as well as to support R & D activities in academe, business, government, and other organizations. Achieving sustainable cities is a mission and challenge involving profess
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