Abstract Defining and measuring progress in adaptation are important questions for climate science, policy, practice. Here, we assess the of urban planning 327 European cities between 2005 2020 using three ‘ADAptation plan Quality Assessment’ indices, called ADAQA-1/ 2/ 3, that combine six quality principles. Half have an its significantly increased over time. However, generally, is still low m...

There are four directions for developing the proposed areas of Chaohu City in China and it is considered significant to prioritise the development choice among the four proposed directions or plans. This paper is an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in deciding the urban land use development of Chaohu City. We first analyse a variety of factors related to decision of land use,...

T he problems of urban sprawl-low-density residential and commercial development, road traffic congestion and high cost public transit systems are the result of the cumulative, long-term effect of disjointed planning decisions on the urban fabric. What is needed to offset the planning mistakes of the last 30 years is an integrated approach to land use and transportation planning. Existing plann...