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A critical review of seven selected neighborhood sustainability assessment tools
Ayyoob Sharifi,Akito Murayama +1 more
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In this paper, the issues of sustainability coverage, pre-requisites, local adaptability, scoring and weighting, participation, reporting, and applicability are discussed using a content analysis, and the results of this study indicate that most of the tools are not doing well regarding the coverage of social, economic, and institutional aspects of sustainability.About:
This article is published in Environmental Impact Assessment Review.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 480 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainability & BREEAM.read more
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Sustainability assessment framework for small-sized urban neighbourhoods: An application of fuzzy synthetic evaluation
Husnain Haider,Kasun Hewage,Adil Umer,Rajeev Ruparathna,Gyan Chhipi-Shrestha,Keith Culver,Mark Holland,James Kay,Rehan Sadiq +8 more
TL;DR: A set of suitable SIs covering all the sustainability aspects of small-sized neighbourhoods is developed from state-of-the-art NSA tools and expert judgment, using a hierarchical-based framework to link the selected SIs with the desired objectives and to the key components of a small- sized neighbourhood.
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Assessing and Enhancing Environmental Sustainability: A Conceptual Review
TL;DR: The need for a comprehensive definition of sustainability with a unified system-of-systems approach that is causal, modular, tiered, and scalable, as well as new educational and organizational structures to improve systems-level interdisciplinary integration is emphasized.
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Energy consumption and conservation practices in Qatar—A case study of a hotel building
TL;DR: In this article, an Energy Conservation Matrix (ECM) database for buildings is developed and three scenarios (building envelope design, change in customer behavior, and consideration of renewable energy supply) are analyzed to study different alternatives for efficiency improvement.
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Environmental sustainability assessment tools for low carbon and climate resilient low income housing settlements
Sasima Charoenkit,S. Kumar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, five rating tools that are widely applied for assessing environmental sustainability of urban projects, namely, BREEAM-Community, LEED-ND, CASBEE-UD, SBTool2012, and GBI for Township, were reviewed.
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Health in Impact Assessments – Opportunities not to be missed
TL;DR: The human health is often not covered adequately in impact assessments focusing, for example, on environmental impacts, so Health Impact Assessment (HIA) has emerged as a response.
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