This thesis addresses sustainability transitions in the built environment, from buildings to the metropolitan scale, while ranging from low carbon development to the multidimensional challenges currently faced by cities. Emphasis is made on the urban global south, with special focus on Latin America. The work is structured in four stages. First stage focuses on finding a low carbon path for the building sector, based on scenario projections from existing policies. Under a life-cycle approach, results reveal a path consisting on reducing emissions from: 1) building materials and constructive systems; 2) energy use at operation stage for both new and existing buildings; and 3) residential waste management. Results show potential synergies be...
This paper reflects on the urban trends and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean within the...
Despite increased awareness of the urgency to respond to climate change and to promote sustainable d...
City Governments engaged in climate change mitigation and adaptation face the multiple challenge of ...
This thesis addresses sustainability transitions in the built environment, from buildings to the met...
This communication to Greencities & Sustainability 2015 is proposed as a scheme of ideas and art...
[Resumen] El presente ensayo realiza un repaso analítico por la evolución de las ciudades, desde la ...
Cities are protagonists in the overall development process. Today, more than 54% of the world's popu...
The present research consists of the current research on methodologies to approach the measurement o...
Actualmente, más del 50% de la población mundial vive en áreas urbanas (75% en EU), y las ciudades c...
Las relaciones sociales, económicas y ambientales han hecho parte de la historia de la humanidad, do...
[EN] In the wake of the Paris agreements signed in 2015, multiple initiatives are aiming at decreasi...
En el marco de la sustentabilidad del hábitat construido en Latinoamérica, este trabajo presenta div...
Currently, there are difficulties in coordinating the three determinants of urban development in cit...
The United Nations has promoted the adoption of global agendas for sustainable developmen...
El presente ensayo realiza un repaso analítico por la evolución de las ciudades, desde la era preind...
This paper reflects on the urban trends and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean within the...
Despite increased awareness of the urgency to respond to climate change and to promote sustainable d...
City Governments engaged in climate change mitigation and adaptation face the multiple challenge of ...
This thesis addresses sustainability transitions in the built environment, from buildings to the met...
This communication to Greencities & Sustainability 2015 is proposed as a scheme of ideas and art...
[Resumen] El presente ensayo realiza un repaso analítico por la evolución de las ciudades, desde la ...
Cities are protagonists in the overall development process. Today, more than 54% of the world's popu...
The present research consists of the current research on methodologies to approach the measurement o...
Actualmente, más del 50% de la población mundial vive en áreas urbanas (75% en EU), y las ciudades c...
Las relaciones sociales, económicas y ambientales han hecho parte de la historia de la humanidad, do...
[EN] In the wake of the Paris agreements signed in 2015, multiple initiatives are aiming at decreasi...
En el marco de la sustentabilidad del hábitat construido en Latinoamérica, este trabajo presenta div...
Currently, there are difficulties in coordinating the three determinants of urban development in cit...
The United Nations has promoted the adoption of global agendas for sustainable developmen...
El presente ensayo realiza un repaso analítico por la evolución de las ciudades, desde la era preind...
This paper reflects on the urban trends and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean within the...
Despite increased awareness of the urgency to respond to climate change and to promote sustainable d...
City Governments engaged in climate change mitigation and adaptation face the multiple challenge of ...