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Carbon Footprint and Urban Planning

Incorporating Methodologies to Assess the Influence of the Urban Master Plan on the Carbon Footprint of the City

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Authors:
  1. Sergio Zubelzu

    1. Department of Agroforest Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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  2. Roberto Álvarez Fernández

    1. Department of Engineering, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain

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  • Analyzes the relationship between emissions of greenhouse
  • gases, carbon footprint, and urban planning
  • Presents a methodology for calculating the carbon footprint
  • associated with urban planning instruments
  • Provides the reader with the knowledge needed to develop and implement preventive measures
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Importance of Urban Planning and Carbon Footprint

    • Sergio Zubelzu, Roberto Álvarez Fernández
    Pages 1-5

  3. Theoretical Framework

    • Sergio Zubelzu, Roberto Álvarez Fernández
    Pages 7-19

  4. Carbon Footprint Calculation

    • Sergio Zubelzu, Roberto Álvarez Fernández
    Pages 21-24

  5. Assessing the Carbon Footprint of Urban Master Plan

    • Sergio Zubelzu, Roberto Álvarez Fernández
    Pages 25-59

  6. Conclusions and Future Recommendations

    • Sergio Zubelzu, Roberto Álvarez Fernández
    Pages 61-62

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 63-67
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About this book

This book analyzes the relationship between urban development, greenhouse gases and the carbon footprint, and presents the main preventive measures that can be implemented at the design stage. Readers are provided with the knowledge needed to devise a strategy for calculating the carbon footprint of urban planning instruments, as well as a framework for integrating sustainability into the planning phase. Highlighting the importance of preventive and corrective measures, the book includes practical suggestions on how to meet sustainability requirements in urban planning designs, exploring undeveloped land reserves, urban-project design and infrastructure design, and offers a springboard for further research.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agroforest Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    Sergio Zubelzu

  • Department of Engineering, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain

    Roberto Álvarez Fernández

About the authors

Roberto Álvarez is an Electrical Engineer and PhD in Manufacturing Process Engineering. Currently he heads the Mechanical Engineering Degree in Nebrija University (Madrid-Spain). He has over fourteen years of experience as a lecturer in Electric Machines, Manufacturing Processes, Quality Systems and Lean Management, Environmental Science and Electric Vehicles, and acts as an expert on these topics for various companies in Spain (Hyundai, CNH2, Carrefour). Roberto Álvarez is the author of numerous articles and contributions to scientific conferences related to Lean Manufacturing, Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. High profile journal outlets include Energy Policy, Energy, Land Use Policy, Journal of Automobile Engineering and Journal of Cleaner Production. He also served as a reviewer for relevant journals in the area. He has co-authored two books: “Mathematics for Engineers” (Ed. Paraninfo) and “Legal Architecture” (Ed. Munilla). He has acted as a supervisor of a PhD Thesis, and currently, he is supervising another four PhD students.


Sergio Zubelzu is an Agricultural Engineer and PhD in Environment and Sustainable development. He currently works as assistant professor in the Technical University of Madrid. He has over ten years of experience as a lecturer in statistics, operation research and hydraulic as well as a consultant engineer. Sergio Zubelzu’s research activities mainly concern the methodologies to simulate physical and environmental phenomena. He has authored and co-authored several articles, contributions to scientific congress and books. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Carbon Footprint and Urban Planning

  • Book Subtitle: Incorporating Methodologies to Assess the Influence of the Urban Master Plan on the Carbon Footprint of the City

  • Authors: Sergio Zubelzu, Roberto Álvarez Fernández

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31050-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31049-7Published: 20 April 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31050-3Published: 06 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2191-530X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 67

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Energy Efficiency, Pollution, general, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

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