Tourism has contributed massively to the change in our climate and the pollution and degradation of our environments. It is highly of importance to seek a change which is more sustainable henceforth to achieve development, ...

The concept of smart city dates back to 1980’s and can be followed from the work of Hall (1988), Rayman (1988) and Lipman et.al (1986). Smart city can be explained as the city that combines technology offered by web and ...

Over the last decades, the use and development of sustainability has become an important issue in all fields, including the construction. Moreover, building materials have always played significant and defining roles in ...

Culture is increasingly becoming recognized as an enabler and driver of sustainable urban development. Though ample research exists on ways in which cultural factors are incorporated into strategic urban planning for ...

While hotel buildings exist throughout the world in diverse forms to serve travelers’ needs, their pervasive existence can also serve the environment and local communities through sustainable design. As structures ...

After UNWTO announced year 2002 as the “World Ecotourism Year”, ecotourism and tourism became significant notions for people. We, as mankind, are damaging nature and ecosystem since the very first day we have discovered ...

Sustainability concept exists in the soul of the Cittaslow (slow city) philosophy. This protest movement mainly based on the philosophy of sustainability, and also strongly emphasizes to increase residents’ awareness about ...

Over the last two decades, Freetown1 has experienced an alarming increase in its population through urban growth and rapid urbanisation especially during and after its decade-long civil war. This has caused serious congestion ...

Climate change is one of the biggest threats to human livelihood. These threats are more serious for island nations, because they are at the forefront of rising sea and dependency on tourism. This research aims to focus ...