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Sustainable Urban Development: The Environmental Assessment Methods
Contributor(s): Deakin, Mark (Editor), Mitchell, Gordon (Editor), Nijkamp, Peter (Editor)
ISBN: 0415322170     ISBN-13: 9780415322171
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $74.09  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Human Geography
- Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development
Dewey: 307.121
Series: Sustainable Urban Development
Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.35" W x 9.11" (1.77 lbs) 544 pages
 
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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.