Sustainable Urban Development, Vol. 1: The Framework and Protocols for Environmental Assessment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415322146 ISBN 13: 9780415322140

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Based on original research, this first volume of a set of groundbreaking new books sets out a framework for analyzing sustainable urban development and develops a set of protocols for evaluating the sustainability of urban development.

Protocols included are for sustainable urban planning, urban property development, urban design, the construction, operation and use of buildings. Using these protocols, the book goes on to provide a directory of environmental assessment methods for evaluating the sustainability of urban development and also maps out how these assessment methods are being transformed to evaluate the environmental, economic and social sustainability of urban development. Web-based applications are increasingly being used to support this transformation and the contributors deftly cover this application and issues concerning the use of information and communication technologies for evaluating the sustainability of urban development are also dealt with.

With its multidisciplinary approach, Sustainable Urban Development presents key new material for postgraduates and professionals across the built environment.

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Synopsis

This book examines models of sustainable development and sets out a framework for analysing urban development and its associated sustainability issues. It looks at strategies such as planning, property development, design, construction and operational activities which have been developed to address the issues of development and sustainability, and provides a directory of environmental assessment methods currently available. These methods are being transformed in the evaluation of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of urban development, and this book keeps the reader informed of the fundamental changes taking place in assessment. The book also draws attention to the web-based applications of these methods, and covers issues of communication and use of information technology in the support decision process.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415322146
• ISBN 13: 9780415322140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Curwell Stephen, Deakin Mark, Symes Martin