Note: Intro -- Steering Committee -- Scientific Board -- Organising Committee -- International Scientific Committee -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: Design and Plan for Smart and Sustainable Cities -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Towards Integration of Smart and Sustainable Cities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Smart Urbanism -- 2.3 Smart Urban Model -- 2.4 Imagine -- 2.4.1 M-NEX Western Sydney -- 2.4.2 Foodscape Groningen -- 2.4.3 Aquaponic Wall -- 2.4.4 Climate Neighbourhood -- 2.4.5 Positive Energy Districts -- 2.4.6 Beyond Circularity Loskade -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: The Resilient City -- Chapter 3: Resilient Spatial Planning for Drought-Flood Coexistence (`DFC´): Outlook Towards Smart Cities -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Relationship Between Smart Cities and Resilient Cities -- 3.2.1 Smart Cities -- 3.2.2 Resilient Cities -- 3.2.2.1 Resilience -- 3.2.2.2 Urban Resilience and Resilient Cities -- 3.3 Remote Sensing and GIS in Urban Planning -- 3.3.1 Remote Sensing and GIS for Urban Planning and Natural Hazard Management -- 3.3.2 Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS for Studies of Urban, Drought and Flood -- 3.4 Case of Ninh Thuan Province -- 3.4.1 Location and Natural Conditions -- 3.4.2 Extreme Events in Ninh Thuan: Droughts, Floods -- 3.4.2.1 Droughts -- 3.4.2.2 Floods and Flash Floods -- 3.5 Resilient Spatial Planning for DFC: Study Methodology and Methods -- 3.6 General Principles of Resilient Spatial Planning for DFC -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Globalization and Transformations of the City of Sydney -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Transforming Sydney and the New Social Formations -- 4.2.1 Globalization and Urban Transformations -- 4.2.2 The New Occupational Structure and Social Polarization -- 4.2.3 Restructuring, Gentrification and the Community -- 4.2.4 Culture, Consumption and Leisure Spaces. , 4.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Post-earthquake Recovery in Nepal -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Post-disaster Recovery in Literature and in Nepal 2015 -- 5.2.1 Challenges and Critiques `Build Back Better´ and SFDRR -- 5.3 Case Study & -- Target Population -- 5.4 Methodology -- 5.5 Design of Survey Questionnaire -- 5.6 Findings -- 5.6.1 Hazard That Affects the People Most -- 5.6.2 Awareness About Building Codes and People´s Perception on Rebuilding -- 5.6.3 Reconstruction Site Preferences and Restoration of Services -- 5.6.4 People´s Perception on Government Capability of Supporting -- 5.6.5 People´s Demands for Post-disaster Reconstruction -- 5.7 Discussion -- 5.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Analyzing the Potential of Land Use Transformation in the Urban Structuring and Transformation Axes in São Paulo: A... -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 TOD Urban Parameters -- 6.3 Strategies Adopted in the Revision of the São Paulo Strategic Master Plan -- 6.4 Evaluation of the Opportunities in the Belém Neighbourhood in São Paulo -- 6.5 Results the Potential of Land Use Transformation in in the Belém Neighborhood in São Paulo -- 6.6 Analysis of the Results from the Literature Perspective -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Urbanity -- Chapter 7: Implementing a New Human Settlement Theory: Strategic Planning for a Network of Circular Economy Innovation Hubs -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Overview of the Development Model -- 7.2.1 What´s in a Name? -- 7.3 Life Cycle Planning -- 7.4 Responding to Public Debates -- 7.4.1 The Future of Work and the E-Change -- 7.5 The Future of Work and Universal Basic Income -- 7.6 Housing Affordability -- 7.7 One Planet Living -- 7.8 Healthy Urban Design -- 7.9 Regenerative Development -- 7.10 Implementation Through the NSW Planning System -- 7.10.1 Strategic Planning. , 7.10.2 Policy Document or Chapter in DCP -- 7.10.3 Voluntary Planning Agreement Policy -- 7.11 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Density and Quality of Life in Mashhad, Iran -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Background -- 8.3 Methodology -- 8.4 Research Indicators -- 8.5 Research Population and Sampling -- 8.6 Theoretical Framework -- 8.7 Urban Patterns -- 8.8 Residential Complexes -- 8.9 High-Rise Building -- 8.10 Quality of Life -- 8.11 Density -- 8.12 Findings -- 8.13 Quantitative Analysis of the Survey Findings -- 8.14 Regression Analysis -- 8.15 Conclusion and Suggestions -- Appendices -- Correlation Between All Indicators -- Correlation Between Density and Other Indicators -- Cronbach´s Alpha Result (Test of reliability) -- Regression -- Model Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Deep Renovation in Sustainable Cities: Zero Energy, Zero Urban Sprawl at Zero Costs in the Abracadabra Strategy -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 Challenges and Barriers of Energy Retrofit in the Residential Sector -- 9.2 The Methods and the Tools -- 9.3 Residential Housing Case Studies -- 9.4 Brief Discussion of the Results and Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Smart Cities -- Chapter 10: Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for Ranking and Selection of Innovation in Infrastructure Pr... -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Research Background -- 10.3 Research Method -- 10.4 Fuzzy Logic-Based Innovation Benchmark for Incentivizing Teams in Project -- 10.4.1 First Part: Innovation Types Identification -- 10.4.2 Second Part: Fuzzy AHP-Based Method for Seven Types Ranking of Innovation -- 10.4.3 Third Part: Designing Innovation Benchmark -- 10.5 Case Study -- 10.6 Procedure of Innovation Prioritization for the SCIRT -- 10.7 Designing the Benchmark -- 10.8 Practical Application -- 10.9 Discussion -- 10.10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Questionnaire -- References. , Chapter 11: The Role of Smart City Initiatives in Driving Partnerships: A Case Study of the Smart Social Spaces Project, Sydne... -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Smart Cities -- 11.3 Collaboration -- 11.4 Design Thinking -- 11.5 Equal Contributors in the Triple Helix Model -- 11.5.1 University -- 11.5.2 Industry -- 11.5.3 Government -- 11.6 Case Study: A Smart Cities Partnership -- 11.6.1 Roles of the Collaborators in the Smart Social Spaces Project -- 11.6.2 The Role of the Disciplines in the Smart Social Spaces Project -- 11.7 Lessons Learnt -- 11.8 Innovations and Smart City Projects: Reflections on Collaboration -- 11.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Enabling Smart Participatory Local Government -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Broader View: Citizen Voices in Smart Cities -- 12.2.1 Corporate Smart Cities vs. Alternative Smart Cities -- 12.2.2 Power of the Crowd Via Social Media -- 12.2.3 Social Media -- 12.2.4 Crowdsourcing -- 12.2.5 Shortcomings: Crowdsourcing in Urban Decision-Making Processes -- 12.3 Our Study -- 12.3.1 Scope of the Study -- 12.3.2 Methods -- 12.3.2.1 Data Acquisition -- 12.3.2.2 Twitter: Data Processing and Cleaning -- 12.3.2.3 Sentiment Analysis -- 12.3.2.4 Clustering Analysis -- 12.3.2.5 Preliminary Findings -- 12.4 Conclusion: What We Learned and Where to Go from Here -- References -- Chapter 13: Data Management Using Computational Building Information Modeling for Building Envelope Retrofitting -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 RBIM Framework Overview -- 13.3 Dynamo Scripting Development -- 13.4 Data Extraction -- 13.5 Data Push Back -- 13.6 Case Study -- 13.7 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Urban Ecology -- Chapter 14: Australia´s Urban Biodiversity: How Is Adaptive Governance Influencing Land-Use Policy? -- 14.1 Introduction and Background -- 14.1.1 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. , 14.1.2 The Influence of Urban Changes and Uncertainty -- 14.1.3 Adaptive Governance -- 14.1.4 The Australian and International Context -- 14.2 Method -- 14.3 Results -- 14.3.1 Element 1: Learning Through Experimentation and Feeding Learning Back into Policy -- 14.3.2 Element 2: Non-Government and Local Government Actors and Networks for Implementation -- 14.3.3 Element 3: Vertically and Horizontally Interconnected Systems of Governance -- 14.4 Discussion -- 14.4.1 Learning and Feedbacks -- 14.4.2 Reliance on Local and Non-Government Actors -- 14.4.3 Interconnected Governance -- 14.4.4 The Green Grid: Innovation in Governance and Green Space? -- 14.4.5 Future Research Directions in Adaptive Governance -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Mapping the Permeability of Urban Landscapes as Stepping Stones for Forest Migration -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Method -- 15.2.1 Data -- 15.2.2 Landscape Accessibility at Habitat Scale -- 15.2.3 Landscape Accessibility at Home-Range Scale -- 15.2.4 Landscape Permeability to Forest Migration -- 15.3 Results -- 15.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16: Contemporary Urban Biotopes: Lessons Learned from Four Recent European Urban Design Plans -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Methodology -- 16.3 Results -- 16.3.1 Rotterdam, the Connected City Centre -- 16.3.2 Re-think Athens and a Toolbox for Heat Mitigation -- 16.3.3 London Meridian Water and a Toolbox for Water Sensitive Urban Design -- 16.3.4 Merwedekanaalzone, Utrecht: A New Horizon -- 16.4 Conclusion: Towards Healthy Cities -- References -- Chapter 17: The Influence of Landscape Architecture on Landscape Construction Health and Safety -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Review of the Literature -- 17.2.1 Health and Safety Legislation and Recommendations Pertaining to Designers -- 17.2.2 Landscape Construction H& -- S -- 17.2.3 Statistics. , 17.3 Research Method.