Evaluating Sustainable Development in the Built Environment
2nd Edition
Published on 31. August 2010
280 pages
978-1-4443-2787-8 (ISBN)
Description
The first edition was extremely well received, providing anintroduction and insight to this important topic in a comprehensiveyet easy to read form. It was chosen to be issued to therepresentatives of the organizations from the G8 and G20 countriesattending the University Summit held in Turin in 2009 whichaddressed the issue of how education and research can assistsustainable development.
The second edition, completely updated to reflect thesignificant advances and new insights that have been made sincepublication of the first edition, focuses on two main issues:
* Facilitating a dialogue between all stakeholders so that thecomplexity of the problem can be exposed, structured andcommunicated
* Understanding how to assess progress in sustainabledevelopment
It continues to provide coherent guidance on the techniquesthat can be used to assess sustainable development in a rigorousmanner. The approach is introduced using illustrations and casestudies, together with follow-up references. It remains the idealstarting point for those trying to get a handle on the subject andfor those who wish to examine a structured and systematic approachto the evaluation of sustainable development in the builtenvironment.
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Persons
Peter Brandon was Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research andPostgraduate Studies at the University of Salford and Director ofthe University Think Lab. He is now Director of StrategicProgrammes and Professor Emeritus in the School of the BuiltEnvironment.
Patrizia Lombardi is Associate Professor in the City andHousing Department at the Politecnico di Torino. She hascoordinated or served as lead partner in several pan-Europeanprojects on topics related to sustainable urban development.
Content
About the Authors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1 Setting the Context for Evaluating SustainableDevelopment.
The environmental perspective.
The international policy debates.
Extension of the debate.
The impact of the built environment.
The current response of the built environment community.
Sustainability: a definition.
Seeking a shared set of values.
Striving for a common framework and classification system.
The characteristics of assessment and measurement forsustainable development.
Management and intervention for sustainable development.
Implementing management decisions.
Summary.
2 Time and Sustainability.
Innovation and stability.
Perceptions of sustainable development.
Critical failure points.
Time in evaluation.
Future aversion.
Clever or wise?
Practical assessment of 'time'.
The luxury of the 'time' horizon.
3 Approaches to Evaluation.
The Natural Step.
The concept of community capital.
The ecological footprint.
Monetary (capital) approach.
The driving force-state-response model.
Issues or theme-based frameworks.
Accounting frameworks.
Frameworks of assessment methods' tool kits.
Summary and conclusions.
4 Indicators and Measures.
Why evaluate?
Traditional versus sustainable development indicators.
Generic and specific questions.
International indicators.
Aggregated indicators.
Discussion.
Summary.
5 Assessment Methods.
A directory of assessment methods.
An outline summary of the main assessment methods, tools andprocedures in use.
Summary and conclusions.
6 A Proposed Framework for Evaluating SustainableDevelopment.
The need for a holistic and integrated framework.
The theoretical underpinning of the framework.
The built environment explained by the modalities.
The 15 modalities for understanding sustainable development inthe built environment.
Development of the multi-modal framework fordecision-making.
Key questions for examining sustainable development within eachmodality.
Synthesis of results.
Summary.
7 The Framework as a Structuring Tool: Case Studies.
Case study 1: selection of a municipal waste treatmentsystem.
Case study 2: evaluation of sustainable redevelopment scenariosfor an urban area.
Case study 3: 'multi-stakeholder' urban regenerationdecision-making.
Case study 4: social reporting of Modena City strategicplan.
Summary and conclusion.
8 Towards Management Systems and Protocols.
Who manages?
The planning framework.
Management in a learning organisation.
Soft system methodology.
Wicked problems.
Process protocols.
A possible approach.
The Vancouver study.
The conclusions of the Vancouver study.
Follow through on the Vancouver study.
Resilience.
9 Education and Research.
A research agenda.
In conclusion.
Appendix A: The Philosophy of the 'Cosmonomic Idea ofReality'.
References.
Websites.
Bibliography.
Index.
