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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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Cities and the Anthropocene: Urban governance for the new era of regenerative cities:
Giles Thomson,Peter Newman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the potential that rapid urbani can be used to deal with the emerging challenges of climate change, resource scarcity and population growth in cities in the Anthropocene.
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Progressing Green Infrastructure planning: understanding its scalar, temporal, geo-spatial and disciplinary evolution
Ian Mell,Sarah Clement +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that some degree of harmonisation will help advance the use of GI in environmental planning and assessment, as four factors related to temporal, geographic, scalar and disciplinary variation shaped how GI is promoted and implemented.
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Comparison of sustainable community rating tools in Australia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined three sustainable community rating tools in Australia, namely Green Star-Communities PILOT, EnviroDevelopment and VicUrban Sustainability Charter, in order to identify their similarities, differences and advantages.
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Comparative Analysis of Material Criteria in Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Tools and Urban Design Guidelines: Cases of the UK, the US, Japan, and Korea
Jungwon Yoon,Jiyoung Park +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comparative analysis of the material criteria embedded for sustainable urban design in BREEAM Communities, LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) and CASBEE-UD (Urban Development), and the urban design guidelines recently issued in multiple cities, including London, New York, Tokyo, and Seoul, is presented.
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Major principles and criteria for development of an urban resilience assessment index
Ayyoob Sharifi,Yoshiki Yamagata +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a set of criteria that can be used to develop an urban resilience assessment index, which can provide decision makers with a clear and comprehensive picture of the resilience of the development proposal and support them in making better informed decisions.
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