Evaluating Sustainable Development

In the Built Environment

Peter s. Brandon, Patrizia Lombardi

240 pages, parution le 31/01/2005

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Résumé

Sustainable development has been characterised by an emphasis on environmental issues and an ad hoc approach to structuring the subject which hinders the development of knowledge in a systematic way. The built environment contributes significantly to the environment but is also one of the major factors in determining whether a community is sustainable in the longer term.

A structure is required which aids definition, provides a common set of values, establishes measurement methods to define progress, and suggests a management system and decision protocol which enables practitioners to engage and use the resultant structures and information.

This book provides a suggested structure in which all aspects of sustainable development can be included together with a set of evaluation techniques which can be used within the structure to provide assistance to decision making.

Sommaire

Setting the context for evaluating sustainable development
Approaches to evaluation
Time and sustainability
A proposed framework for evaluating sustainable development
The framework as a structuring tool
case studies
Assessment methods
Towards management systems and protocols
The future issues
Appendices

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Blackwell
Auteur(s)	Peter s. Brandon, Patrizia Lombardi
Parution	31/01/2005
Nb. de pages	240
Format	17 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	520g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780632064861
ISBN13	978-0-632-06486-1