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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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Stakeholder Methods to Climate Change and Sustainable Development
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the history and typologies of stakeholder participation is presented, accompanied by diverse examples related to sustainable development goals, climate change and sustainable urban development.
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Building information modelling for sustainability appraisal of conceptual design of steel-framed buildings
TL;DR: The research concludes that the utilized current process and data modelling techniques can be employed to model sustainability related information to inform decisions at the early stages of structural design, and design decision support systems can be optimized to include sustainability credentials through the use of object-based process andData modelling techniques.
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Integrative and modeling approach to sustainability modes of living and neighbourhood development
TL;DR: In this paper, a successful neighbourhood model (SNM) is used to evaluate low-income neighbourhoods' sustainability in South Africa (successful neighborhood model) to integrate strategies and to build the information and knowledge base from which the trajectories of different types of neighbourhoods can be assessed for quality of life.
Panorama teórico y tendencias contemporáneas de Barrios Sustentables. Especulaciones en torno a un modelo de desarrollo para Chile. Theoretical overview and contemporary trends in sustainable neighbourhoods. Speculations around a development model for Chile
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of "barrio sustentable" is introduced, and a set of mecanismos for implementación of this model are presented. Butte et al. present a seleccion de mecanisms de implementacion actualmente disponibles en Chile and el world.
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Characterisation of social sustainability in a decayed urban block in Iran (a case study of: Saheb Al-Amri neighbourhood of Ghasr-Dasht, Shiraz)
TL;DR: In this article, social sustainability has played a crucial role in sustainable urban development, and neglecting social factors of sustainability in the development process will cause inadequacy in neighbourhood and cities.
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