Climate Change, Sustainable Design of Neighborhood
Subject Areas : Vibration Transmision
1 - Strategic Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
Keywords: energy, Climate Change, sustainable design, neighborhood,
Abstract :
The phenomenon of climate change is caused by various factors such as swings at the Earth’s climate, natural processes, and human activities. Following that, the solar absorption has been increasing as compared with the radiation of the Sun’s ray, the Earth is getting warmer, and this change is threatening the lives of the present and also the future generation; all these are caused by the excessive emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) due to the fossil fuel consumption. Since the most important achievements of mankind may be civilization and urbanization and the neighborhood is considered as linchpin of the city frame, firstly, climate change and its factors are described in this paper to relate the aforementioned factors and then the structure of a sustainable neighborhood is examined by defining the concepts of neighborhood and sustainability in order to prevent the continuation of climate change. Achieving the principles and criteria of the neighborhood design requires collaboration of all related specialists, especially architects, urban planners, and the people; then the future generation will be able to meet their own needs and this means sustainable design: future-oriented, environment-oriented, and partnership-oriented.
