Sustainable Urban Development Volume 2 - The Environmental Assessment Methods (Hardcover)

In this book, the second of a three-volume series, leading authorities on the methodology of environmental assessment provide a unique insight into questions of critical importance to sustainable urban development. Using the framework and protocols set out in Volume 1, Volume 2 examines how well the environmental assessment methods evaluate the ecological integrity of urban development and equity of the resulting resource distribution. The examination focuses on: the instruments of environmental assessment approaches to environmental assessment based in systems-thinking methods for environmental, economic and social assessments their use in evaluating the sustainability of urban development. The Sustainable Urban Development Series contains the research and debate of the BEQUEST (Building, Environmental Quality Evaluation for Sustainability) network funded by the European Commission. Together the books provide a framework, set of protocols, environmental assessment methods and toolkit for policy makers, academics, professionals and advanced level students in urban planning and studies, as well as other areas of the built environment.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Sustainable Urban Development Series
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	July 2007
Editors:	Mark Deakin • Gordon Mitchell • Peter Nijkamp • Ron Vreeker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	544
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-32216-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General
LSN:	0-415-32216-2
Barcode:	9780415322164

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