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The socio-economic determinants of urban sprawl between 1980 and 2010 in Switzerland

Barbara Franziska Weilenmann, Irmi Seidl

Sprawl, as a particular characterisation of spatial extension of urbanised areas, is a contested issue. In this paper we provide an analysis of the major socio-economic determinants of changes in those urban patterns considered as sprawl in Switzerland. Ou ...

2017

Public policy for innovation and urban environment

Technological innovation has become central to the development of nations. The OECD countries and developing countries have created systems to encourage innovation and dissemination of technological innovation. In macroeconomic terms, companies already rec ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Crise et gouvernance

Abigaïl-Laure Sarah Irène Kern

On January 12 2010, Haiti was hit by an earthquake of 7.2 on the Richter scale. Close to 220,000 persons died, more than 300,000 were wounded and almost two other million were displaced. The earthquake¿s epicenter was actually several kilometers away the c ...

EPFL2017

Rethinking Urban Form: Switzerland as a "Horizontal Metropolis"

Paola Viganò, Elena Cogato Lanza, Martina Barcelloni Corte, Chiara Cavalieri, Christian Arnsperger

In light of the rapid population growth forecast for the coming years and the powerful transformations already occurring throughout its whole territory, today's Switzerland stands in urgent need of critical reflection on its urban future. A novel set of co ...

Cogitatio Press2017

Island Interfaces: Insularity, Distance, and Proximity

Jérôme Chenal, Diego Alejandro Marcelo Mermoud

The main common point between insular territories is a limited amount of land. This might seem obvious or irrelevant because it concerns a large majority of states. However this ‘physical’ boundary defined by nature causes certain impacts: first of all a c ...

2017

Effect of dimensions on embodied environmental impact of buildings

Guillaume Habert, Endrit Hoxha

Designers are faced with many options on material and technical solutions during the design phase of the building. Different studies proposing solutions and guidelines are presented in the literature. They help to guide the building project toward low CO2- ...

2017

Microcity, an Innovative Building Integrating Sustainability Issues from Urban Design to Constructive Detail

The Microcity building, which houses the new branch of the EPFL in Neuchâtel (Switzerland), is the result of a synergy-generating strategy based on partnerships, experimentation with innovative processes and the continuous integration of sustainability-rel ...

2017

Environmental innovation, policy and economic performance

Claudia Pellegrin

The objective of this thesis is to investigate three economic issues related to environmental innovation: evaluating how private investments in environmental innovation react to technological policy; testing whether environmental policy harms economic perf ...

EPFL2017

Rural Electrification Trajectories

Anjali Devi Vanapilli Nursimulu

Renewable-energy (RE)-based rural electrification is essential for achieving Sustainable Energy for All (S4All). According to the International Energy Agency’s 2016 World Energy Outlook, over 95% of the population who do not have access to electricity—abou ...

2017

THE GOOD GROWTH PLAN FARM NETWORK – MONITORING RESOURCE EFFICIENCY OF CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

The FAO estimates that food supplies need to increase by 70% to feed a growing population of 9 billion people by 2050. The changes in agricultural practices required to grow more tend to exert higher demand on resources and put eco-system services at risk ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017