Sustainable urban development / edited by Stephen Curwell, Mark Deakin and Martin Symes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curwell, S. R., 1950-

Deakin, Mark.

Symes, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005-

Summary:

Sustainable Urban Development Volume 2: The Environmental Assessment Methods offers contributions from leading authorities on the methodology of environmental assessment, providing a unique insight into questions of critical importance to sustainable urban development. Using the framework and protocols set out in Volume 1 as its point of departure, Volume 2 examines how well the environmental assessment methods evaluate the ecological integrity of urban development and equity of the resulting resource distribution. The examination focuses on: the instruments of environmental assessment, approaches to environmental assessment based in systems-thinking, methods for environmental, economic and social assessments, the use of methods in evaluating the sustainability of urban development.

This is the second of three volumes in the research and debate of the BEQUEST (Building, Environmental Quality Evaluation for Sustainability) network funded by the European Commission. Together the books provide a framework, set of protocols, directory of environmental assessment methods and toolkit for policy-makers, academics, professionals and advanced-level students in Urban Planning, Urban Property Development, Urban Design, Architecture, Construction and related areas of the Built Environment.

Contents:

v. 1. The framework and protocols for environmental assessment

v.2. The environmental assessment methods

v. 3. The toolkit for assessment

v. 4. Changing professional practice

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415322146

0415322154

0415322170

0415438225

OCLC:

57414665