Incentives of Environmental Design and Management in Urban Neighborhoods

6.1 Critical factors of residential environments Table 2 reveals that the principal factors of residential environments in residential blocks are: (1) planning and design; (2) contextual fit; (3) property management; (4) conformity of urban design; (5) completeness of facilities; (6) surrounding influences; and (7) mixture of composition. Planning and design, contextual fit, and property management are the most important factors of environmental quality. The important indices related to the planning and design of residential buildings are: Architectural style; Exterior; Ground plane design; Barrier-free design of buildings; Garden; Detail; Partitions and walls; and Instructions and signs. In a sense, these are the comprehensive planning and design concepts of modern residential blocks. In practice, these planning and design factors have often been neglected in older traditional residential blocks, leading to low environmental quality. In contrast, commercial housing developments from the late 1990s have emphasized these aspects. Contextual fit is another important factor for judging the quality of residential environments. It reflects the problems associated with a lack of consideration of residential areas in their entirety, their non-proximity to and lack of correspondence with neighboring blocks, and a large contrast in landscapes and environmental grades. In practice, there are many newly developed residential blocks which are completely closed off from one another. Due to the need for these residential compounds to have individualized identities, the context of the area as a whole is totally neglected. At the same time, new urban poverty "There has been a steady increase in anthropogenic pressure over the past few years due to rapid industrialization, urbanization and population growth, causing frequent environmental hazards. Threats of global environmental change, such as climate change and sea level rise, will exacerbate such problems. Therefore, appropriate policies and measures are needed for management to address both local and global trends. The book 'Environmental Management' provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of sustainable environmental management of diverse ecotypes, from tropical to temperate. A variety of regional environmental issues with the respective remedial measures has been precisely illustrated. The book provides an excellent text which offers a versatile and in-depth account of management of wide perspectives, e.g. waste management, lake, coastal and water management, high mountain ecosystem as well as viticulture management. We hope that this publication will be a reference document to serve the needs of researchers of various disciplines, policy makers, planners and administrators as well as stakeholders to formulate strategies for sustainable management of emerging environmental issues."--Back cover Impressum_Environmental_Management......Page 1 01_Testa......Page 13 02_Kralj......Page 47 03_Lamastra......Page 81 04_Josimovic......Page 107 05_Gao......Page 125 06_Loh......Page 139 07_Gil......Page 161 08_Sarkar......Page 171 09_Fan......Page 185 10_Keske......Page 201 11_Kiousopoulos......Page 229 12_Shaikh......Page 253 Enhancing the Ecosystem Services in Viticulture Farms: Approaches towards a Sustainable Management