1st Edition

Sustainable Urban Development Volume 1 The Framework and Protocols for Environmental Assessment

Edited By Stephen Curwell, Mark Deakin, Martin Symes Copyright 2005
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Based on original research, this first volume of a set of groundbreaking new books sets out a framework for analyzing sustainable urban development and develops a set of protocols for evaluating the sustainability of urban development. Protocols included are for sustainable urban planning, urban property development, urban design, the construction, operation and use of buildings. Using these... Read more

1. Introduction  Part 1: The Framework  2. The BEQUEST Framework: The Vision and Methodology  Part 2: The Protocols  3. Urban Planning  4. Urban Property Development  5. Urban Design  6. Construction of the Urban Environment  7. The Sustainable Operation and Use of Buildings  Part 3: Environmental Assessment Methods  8. The Directory of Environmental Assessment Methods  9. Evaluating the Sustainability of Urban Development  Part 4: The Assessment Community  10. Sustainable Urban Development: Networked Communities, Virtual Organisations and the Production of Knowledge  11. Conclusions

Biography

Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, Kurt Richard Luther