Sustainable Urban Development Volume 1 : The Framework and Protocols for Environmental Assessment

ISBN-13: 9780415322140 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str.

Steven Curwell; Mark Deakin; Martin Symes

Opis

"Sustainable Urban Developments" examines the models of sustainable development and sets out the framework for analysing urban development and the sustainability issues this gives rise to. It examines the protocols (planning, property development, design, construction and operational activities) developed to address the issues and provides a directory of environmental assessment methods currently available. Environmental assessment methods are being transformed in the evaluation of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of urban development.
This book draws attention to the web-based nature of the environment in which these methods are being applied and covers issues of communication and use of information technology in the support decision process.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: The Framework  2. The BEQUEST Framework: The Vision and Methodology  Part 2: The Protocols  3. Urban Planning  4. Urban Property Development  5. Urban Design  6. Construction of the Urban Environment  7. The Sustainable Operation and Use of Buildings  Part 3: Environmental Assessment Methods  8. The Directory of Environmental Assessment Methods  9. Evaluating the Sustainability of Urban Development  Part 4: The Assessment Community  10. Sustainable Urban Development: Networked Communities, Virtual Organisations and the Production of Knowledge  11. Conclusions

O autorze

Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, Kurt Richard Luther