Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation / Innovating Strategies and Solutions for Urban Performance and Regeneration

Reconstruction of resettlement community from the perspective of Rural Memory -- a case study of ChunXinYuan in Shanghai.- Temporary Urbanism and Community Engagement: A case study of Piazza Scaravilli in Bologna.- Urban Circularity: city planning perspectives from the regeneration of Amsterdam's Buiksloterham district.- Reinventing Bilbao, The Story of the Bilbao Effect.- The waterfront development in Europe: between planning and urban design sustainability.- Transit Oriented Development as a tool of urban transformation addressed at urban regeneration processes.- The Concept of "Smart Density Planning" Principles for Livable and Sustainable Urban Transformation.- Livable Streets Determinants in Egypt, A study on streets' physical attributes in new urban communities.- Using Cool Coating for Pavements, Asphalt, Façades and Building Roofs in the Urban Environment to Reduce the Summer Urban Heat Effect in Giza Square, Egypt.- Towards Sustainability in Resettlement Plans, the Necessary Conditions and their Interplay: The Case of Mumbai.- Urban Morphology, Environmental Performance and Energy Use: Holistic Transformation of Porto di Mare as Eco-District via IMM.- Can Skopje museums regenerate the social and urban sustainability, through "Social Friday Activity"?.- Elementary Waste Insulation Panels in Hot Arid Regions.- Comparative review of different rating systems approach and responses to pandemic situations.- Multiplying effects of urban innovation districts - Geospatial analysis framework for evaluating innovation performance within urban environments.

Cristina Piselli: Cristina Piselli is Assistant Professor at Department of Architecture-DIDA, University of Florence, Italy. She holds a master's degree in Building Engineering-Architecture from the University of Perugia, Italy, and a Ph.D. in Energy and Sustainable Development from CIRIAF-Interuniversity Research Center on Pollution and Environment "Mauro Felli," University of Perugia. Dr. Piselli works in the field of environmental applied physics, and she is focused on innovate solutions for building and communities energy efficiency and urban heat island mitigation, occupant behavior and human comfort, dynamic simulation of building energy performance, energy systems, and energy communities. She has participated in several national and international projects aimed at promoting the energy transition through building energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and human well-being in the built environment. Moreover, she is Expert Member of IEA EBC Annex 79-Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation.

Hasim Altan: Hasim Altan is Professor of Sustainable Design and Architectural Engineering in the Faculty of Design and Director of Research Center at Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD) in Kyrenia, Cyprus. He is Chartered Architect (RIBA) and Chartered Engineer (CIBSE) with over 20 years of academic and practice experience in the field of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) in the built environment in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) regions. Prof. Dr. Altan sits on a number of editorial boards and reviews project proposals for the European Commission, UK Research Councils, and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) by Qatar Foundation. Since 2004, he has, singly or jointly, secured and directed 32 research grants worth over £21 million. He is Founding Member of the International Network on Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH), which has so far organized eight international conferences, several