Sustainable Urban Development Volume 3 : The Toolkit for Assessment

ISBN-13: 9780415322188 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 304 str.

Vreeker Ron

Opis

Outlines the BEQUEST toolkit that helps link protocol with the assessment methods for evaluating the sustainability of urban development. This volume details the decision support mechanisms developed for users of the system to guide them in selecting the appropriate assessment methods for a variety of evaluations.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: The Toolkit  2. The Toolkit for Assessment  Part 2: Assessment  3. Scenario Analysis in Spatial Impact Assessment  4. Multi-Criteria Evaluation and Planning Support: Choosing Among Alternative Scenarios  5. Mixed and Compact Land Use Assessments  6. SMARTNET: A System for Multi-Criteria Appraisal of Road Transport Networks  7. The NAR Model of Land Use and Buildings  8. The Building Passport Assessment  9. The European HQE²R Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment  10. The REGEN Assessment of the Porta Nuova District's Central Railway Station  11. Assessment Methods Underlying the Planning and Development of Modena City’s CSR  Part 3: Evaluating the Sustainability of Urban Development  12. The Search for Sustainable Communities: Ecological Integrity, Equity and the Question of Participation  13. Governing the Sustainable of Urban Development  14. Conclusions