Advances in Architecture, Engineering and Technology [electronic resource] : Smart Techniques in Urban Planning & Technology / edited by Haşim Altan, Samad Sepasgozar, Abdullateef Olanrewaju, Francisco José García Peñalvo, Alessandro Gaetano Severino, Tiko Iyamu, Ju Hyun Lee.

Integrated Design Concept for Identifiable Commercial Heritage Tourism in Tunjungan District of Surabaya City -- Environmental product declarations for building materials: advantages, limits, developments -- Public-private partnerships in Romanian new urban developments - a potential valuable instrument in the privatization era -- Interaction of prehistoric heritage with today's landscape: the case study of Arslantepe Mound (Malatya/TURKEY) -- HygroMorphs: Exploring Morphologies of Architectural Adaptive Systems using Hygroscopic Properties of Wood -- Analyzing Public Transport System in Twin Cities of Rawalpindi/Islamabad -- Assessing the environmental aspects of road network resiliency.

This book summarizes the latest studies regarding innovation in urban design and planning. It shares many tips and insights about sustainable solutions for the issues facing transport systems, innovative digital technologies, and ICT trends. The book touches upon the need to integrate the three fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology that have become indispensable. This is intended to respond to the increasing human needs and population growth in cities on one hand and to develop a holistic approach that helps overcome challenges to sustainability and environment management on the other hand. With the power of engineering in practice, problems of design and development once considered too complex to be dealt with other than empirically, intuitively, or by trial and error, are now becoming more solvable and applicable. This book offers strategies and solutions that enable designers to bring together knowledge in the fields of architecture, engineering, and technology to overcome challenges facing in modern times.