CAC_SUD Main Research Themes 2013-2015
5 PRIORITY TOPICS
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1. Communities
Social Sustainability, Consumption
& Behaviour Change
Communities, urban ecology and the
environment
(1) Concepts and techniques regarding urban
pollution control and prevention
(2) Mitigation and regulation of urban microclimate and urban heat island
(3) Low-carbon life and behavior in cities
(4) Social sustainability and consumption
(5) Age-friendly city, housing and public space
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2. Infrastructure, Water Sensitive
Urban Design and Productive
Landscapes
Infrastructure, water and food supply
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3. Material Flow: Buildings and
Carbon Construction Innovation,
Resource Efficiency, Waste Streams
Materials and sustainable architecture
(1) Sustainable Architecture and adaptive reuse of
buildings; urban infill
(2) Low carbon Construction, low carbon city
(3) Evaluation systems for low carbon buildings
and materials; lifecycle assessment
(4) Zero waste concepts, waste management
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4. Cities-Green Urbanism:
Transforming Urban Systems
Adaptation and Mitigation
Cities, environment-energy-economy system
(1) Policy for environment and energy
(2) Efficient use and management of resources
and renewable energy
(3) Integration of urban biodiversity
(4) Disaster prevention and mitigation, urban risk
management
(5) Future mobility systems; smart cities
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5. Healthy Built Environment
Indoor environments, Air quality,
Air filtration and purification, Controls
Indoor environmental quality
(1) Control of indoor air environment
(2) Air filtration and purification technologies
(3) Green building analysis towards highperformance
(1) Sustainable use of urban water resources
(2) Urban farming and productive urban greening;
green spaces in the city
(3) Decentralised infrastructural systems
(4) Water-sensitive urban design