Evaluation of the built environment for sustainability /
[Book]
edited by P.S. Brandon, P.L. Lombardi, V. Bentivegna.
1st ed.
New York :
E. & F.N. Spon,
1997.
1 online resource (xxiii, 568 pages) :
illustrations, map
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Environmental assessment methods for use at the building and city scales: constructing bridges or identifying common ground?; Toward a multi-modal framework for evaluating the built environment quality in sustainability planning; Limitations in environmental evaluations; The development of the Leeds Quantifiable City model; An energy and environmental prediction model for cities; An information system to support environmental decision making and debate; Self-sustainable urban development.
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Sustainability in the built environment is a major issue facing policy-makers, planners, developers and designers in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
Evaluation of the built environment for sustainability.
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Architecture-- Environmental aspects.
Buildings-- Design and construction-- Environmental aspects.
Buildings-- Energy consumption.
Buildings-- Environmental engineering.
Cities and towns-- Growth-- Environmental aspects.
City planning-- Environmental aspects.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental impact analysis.
Environmental impact statements.
Environmental policy-- United States.
Sustainable development.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization-- Environmental aspects.
Architecture-- Environmental aspects.
Buildings-- Energy consumption.
Buildings-- Environmental engineering.
Cities and towns-- Growth-- Environmental aspects.
City planning-- Environmental aspects.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental impact analysis.
Environmental impact statements.
Environmental policy.
NATURE-- Ecology.
NATURE-- Ecosystems & Habitats-- Wilderness.
SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)