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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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How Does the New Urban Agenda Align with Comprehensive Planning in U.S. Cities? A Case Study of Asheville, North Carolina
Matthew L. Cohen,Geoffrey Habron +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the extent that emergent themes from the New Urban Agenda can guide urban planning for sustainability, specifically in the United States (U.S.), and compare the content of Living Asheville as well as to the STAR Community rating system (Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating Communities).
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The Politics of Participatory Sustainability Assessments: An Analysis of Power
Livia Fritz,Franziska Meinherz +1 more
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Piloting a capital-based approach for characterizing and evaluating drivers of island sustainability- An application in Chongming Island
TL;DR: In this paper, a capital-based approach is piloted for measuring sustainability in Chongming Island along with its interactions with nearby mainland Shanghai, and to estimate the dynamic changes along with their responsible drivers.
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Critical analysis of assessment methodologies for intraorganizational sustainability
TL;DR: A literature review identifying six models that have synergies in their structures and methods for measuring sustainability is presented in this article, highlighting key individual features identifying similarities and differences of these models.
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Reprint of: Challenges of developing sustainable neighborhoods in China
TL;DR: In this paper, a hierarchical structural model is developed via interpretative structural modeling, which is followed by a classification via Matrice d'Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliquee a un Classeement (MICMAC) analysis.
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