Sustainable development and planning V : [contributions presented at the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning held at the Wessex Institute of Technology campus in the New Forest UK] Maritime and coastal spatial planning: the case of Greece and the Mediterranean E. Beriatos M. Papageorgiou Limits and possibilities for the promotion of sustainable development: the case of Northwest Region Fluminense D. C. Vivas Neto E. A. Nascimento Abu Dhabi efforts in facing global warming challenges through urban planning M. Alameri G. Wagle Primary sector waste indicators for regional planning E. Cifrian L. Pérez E. Dosal J. Viguri A. Andrés Promoting sustainable development in the minerals industry: the phosphate project in Saudi Arabia M. Aldagheiri Towards a sustainable system: application of temporal analysis on flood risk management Z. Alsaqqaf H. Zhang The small world of stakeholder groups: cascading concepts for urban change M. Ganis J. Minnery D. Mateo Babiano The strength of the urban form I. Giovagnorio Future projects on water resources for a sustainable urban development: a case study of Surat city of India K. A. Chauhan J. P. Shah A. M. Pingle A. K. Chauhan Conceptual spatio temporal data modelling and land use change L. A. Beser de Deus L. F. C. F. Silva M. A. V. Freitas Real estate crisis and sustainability in Spain J. L. Miralles i Garcia Urban sprawl: can it be sustainable An analysis on energy performances of different urban forms C. Diamantini D. Vettorato Sustainable aspects of traditional Ottoman neighbourhoods in modern Turkish urban settlements G. Koca R. Karasozen From scoring to orienting: the development of a compass for evaluating sustainable urban development at the neighbourhood scale H. Vandevyvere Whole building design for a green school building in Al Ain United Arab Emirates S. K. Elmasry M. A. Haggag Eco industrial parks: technologies and procedures for low environmental impacts A. Boeri D. Longo Overview of current energy policy and standards in the building sector in Iran M. Riazi S. M. Hosseyni Integrating passive cooling techniques for sustainable building performance in hot climates with reference to the UAE M. A. Haggag S. K. Elmasry Visualization of the thermal environments of RC and composite wall constructions H. Y. Liu Lowering the sink temperature for a desert solar air conditioning system M. A. Serag Eldin Innovative approaches to urban water management in developing countries S. Beecham R. Fallahzadeh A study of the impacts of existing artificial optical radiation at student housing sites P. Hebert