Sustainable Urban Development requires not only the concept of sustainability, but also combines with the Eco-city principle, SUD will require balancing the Social, Environmental, Economic, Urban design and governance.

1. Applied Sustainability and Eco-city towards
Sustainable Urban Development
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Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
National and International Conference on
Sustainable Community Development
“5th Future of Development toward Stability, Prosperity and Sustainability in the ASEAN Community 2015”
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Cities are major agents in lessening the
quality of the environment for next
generations
Introduction
World population: 7.3 billion
(2015) and will reach 8.5 billion
(2040), approaching two-thirds urban
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Cities cope with the impacts from
i) globalization, ii) decentralization of
responsibilities, and iii) a rapid
population growth etc.
Urban policy and planning
increasingly to adopt a long-
term prospective role
Sustainability
Eco-City
Climate change and
energy consumption

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….A dynamic process geared towards achieving suitable conditions
that address environmental, economic, social, and governance
sustainability concerns (Rasoonlimanesh et al., 2011)
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Sustainable Urban Development
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Sustainable urban development?
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Urban Sustainable Development Goals:
• Educate and focus on urgent urban challenges and future
opportunities
• Mobilize and empower all urban actors around practical problem
solving
• Address the specific challenges of urban poverty and access to
infrastructure
• Promote integrated and innovative infrastructure design and
service delivery
• Promote land use planning and efficient spatial concentration
• Ensure resilience to climate change and disaster risk reduction
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Sustainable Urban Development
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o Strengthening economic prosperity and employment in towns
and cities
o Promoting equality, social inclusion and regeneration in urban
areas
o Protecting and improving the urban environment: towards local
and global sustainability
o Contributing to good urban governance and local empowerment
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EU Framework for action for sustainable urban
development:
Sustainable Urban Development
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o Sustainability and eco-city have been introducing to urban
development and planning in intention towards sustainable
urban development
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- Indicators of sustainable development as three key dimensions
for sustainable urban development
Social Wellbeing, Economic Opportunity, Environmental Quality
Sustainable Urban Development
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Sustainability
Sustainable Development is the ability to ensure that
development meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs (Unite Nation, 1987).
Society
Environment
Economy
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Social Wellbeing: health, safety, affordable – housing and services,
access to public recreation and open space a variety of transportation options
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Environmental Quality: Efficient land use, efficient resource use,
waste/pollution minimization and management, climate change and natural
disaster mitigation, resilience, carbon efficient, transportation
Sustainable Urban Development
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Economic Opportunity: a diversified and competitive local and regional
economy, transportation and other infrastructure coordinated with land use,
growth plans, access to capital and credit, and education, jobs, and training.

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o an eco-city is a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining
resilient structure and function of natural ecosystems (eco-city Builders,
2010)
o Source concept of eco-city originates from the concept of sustainable
development (Coplák, 2003).
o dimensions of eco-city concepts, such as appropriate technology,
community economic development, social ecology, the green movement,
bioregionalism and sustainable development (Roseland, 1997).
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Eco-city
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Eco-city?
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Eco-city in Urban Development
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25 principles based
on the conceptual
framework of the
EU project outcome
in the Eco-city
workshop II in
Vienna, June 2002
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o revise land-use priorities for compact, diverse, green, safe, pleasant and
mixed-use communities near transit modes and other transportation facilities
o revise transportation priorities for green transport
o restore damaged urban environment
o create decent, affordable, safe, convenient, and racially and economically
missed housing
o nurture social justice and create improved opportunities for women, people
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10 principles of Eco-city in Urban Development
Eco-city
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o support local agriculture, urban greening projects and community gardening
o promote recycling, innovative appropriate technology
o work with businesses to support ecologically sound economic activity while
discouraging pollution waste and the use and production of hazardous materials
o promote voluntary simplicity and discourage excessive consumption of material
goods
o increase awareness of the local environment and bioregion through activist and
educational projects that increase public awareness of ecological sustainability
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10 principles of Eco-city in Urban Development
Eco-city
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o Economic Opportunity, Social Wellbeing, Environmental Quality and Good
Governance are key components of Sustainable Urban Development
o Sustainability and Eco-city concepts have been applied in urban development
in the purpose of sustainable urban development achievement.
o Sustainability seems to be a broad theme in terms of urban development
o Eco-city is originated from the concept of sustainability, but it covers the
issues of economic, environmental, social, and governance in terms of
practices and implementations, as well as sustainable urban form and
transport, and urban designs.
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National and International Conference on
Sustainable Community Development
“5th Future of Development toward Stability, Prosperity and Sustainability in the ASEAN Community 2015”
Applied Sustainability and Eco-city towards Sustainable Urban Development December 24-25, 2015
​​​​​Seng Touch ; Rawee Hanpachern