Azin Heidari - MS Student in Architectural Technologies-Digital Design, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

This paper recommends an integrated strategy for making cities thriving centers of sustainable development and innovation. It starts by assessing what a city is, and then develops a framework for designing a network tool for urban sustainability implementation in respect to its three major pillars, ecology, economy and social. Urban sustainability is still in a dynamic process of clarification in terms of content as well as ways of implementation. One main benefit of this interactive tool is that it serves as a development simulator for architects and urban designers to define a sustainability trajectory over years. The other reason accounts for promoting the culture of appreciating minor acts of sustainability and environmental-friendly solutions. The proposed system identifies ambitious yet feasible social goals that allows people to get involved in many scales. This methodology enhances the level of social sustainability.

Urban Sustainability, Interactive Tool, Eco-Social Network