Bernadette O'Regan

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model to assess the economic viability of creating markets for recycled construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling forms the prime focus of this paper.

TL;DR: An empirical indicator to measure resource efficiency, using a ratio of waste disposal as a function of product consumption, was developed and it was found that total materials metabolic inefficiency fell by 31% from 0.13 in 1996 to 0.09 in 2002.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Q-method was used to combine public opinion with technical expertise to create a list of technically robust indicators that would be relevant to the public, and the results demonstrated that many citizens are not aware of sustainable development, and if it is to be successfully communicated to them, then indicators and policy need to be couched in terms familiar and relevant to citizen and communities.

TL;DR: In this article, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was used to assess six policy measures or scenarios relating to residential heating energy and domestic electricity consumption, using an Irish city-region as case study.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between settlement size, functionality, geographic location and sustainable development, and found that similar relationships between settlement attributes and sustainability were found following both methods, and these were subsequently integrated to provide a single measure.