Evaluating sustainable development in the built environment

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The first edition was extremely well received, providing an introduction and insight to this important topic in a comprehensive yet easy to read form. It was chosen to be issued to the representatives of the organizations from the G8 and G20 countries attending the University Summit held in Turin in 2009 which addressed the issue of how education and research can assist sustainable development.

The second edition, completely updated to reflect the significant advances and new insights that have been made since publication of the first edition, focuses on two main issues:

Facilitating a dialogue between all stakeholders so that the complexity of the problem can be exposed, structured and communicated Understanding how to assess progress in sustainable development

It continues to provide coherent guidance on the techniques that can be used to assess sustainable development in a rigorous manner. The approach is introduced using illustrations and case studies, together with follow-up references. It remains the ideal starting point for those trying to get a handle on the subject and for those who wish to examine a structured and systematic approach to the evaluation of sustainable development in the built environment.

Author Notes

Professor Peter S. Brandon OBE was pro-vice chancellor for research and postgraduate studies at the University of Salford and the director of the University Think Lab and is now a professor emeritus in the School of the Built Environment.
Professor Patrizia Lombardi from the City and Housing Department at the Politecnico di Torino is a leading expert in the use of environmental assessment methods and an established figure in the field of evaluating sustainable development and has been active in the field for over 20 years.

About the Authors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
1 Setting the Context for Evaluating Sustainable Development	p. 1
The environmental perspective	p. 1
The international policy debates	p. 5
Extension of the debate	p. 12
The impact of the built environment	p. 13
The current response of the built environment community	p. 16
Sustainability: a definition	p. 20
Seeking a shared set of values	p. 22
Striving for a common framework and classification system	p. 24
The characteristics of assessment and measurement for sustainable development	p. 25
Management and intervention for sustainable development	p. 30
Implementing management decisions	p. 32
Summary	p. 33
2 Time and Sustainability	p. 35
Innovation and stability	p. 37
Perceptions of sustainable development	p. 38
Critical failure points	p. 42
Time in evaluation	p. 47
Future aversion	p. 48
Clever or wise?	p. 50
Practical assessment of 'time'	p. 50
The luxury of the 'time' horizon	p. 52
3 Approaches to Evaluation	p. 54
The Natural Step	p. 55
The concept of community capital	p. 58
The ecological footprint	p. 61
Monetary (capital) approach	p. 64
The driving force-state-response model	p. 65
Issues or theme-based frameworks	p. 66
Accounting frameworks	p. 67
Frameworks of assessment methods' tool kits	p. 67
Summary and conclusions	p. 70
4 Indicators and Measures	p. 73
Why evaluate?	p. 73
Traditional versus sustainable development indicators	p. 75
Generic and specific questions	p. 78
International indicators	p. 80
Aggregated indicators	p. 82
Discussion	p. 84
Summary	p. 87
5 Assessment Methods	p. 89
A directory of assessment methods	p. 91
An outline summary of the main assessment methods, tools and procedures in use	p. 96
Summary and conclusions	p. 118
6 A Proposed Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Development	p. 122
The need for a holistic and integrated framework	p. 123
The theoretical underpinning of the framework	p. 126
The built environment explained by the modalities	p. 128
The 15 modalities for understanding sustainable development in the built environment	p. 129
Development of the multi-modal framework for decision-making	p. 138
Key questions for examining sustainable development within each modality	p. 139
Synthesis of results	p. 145
Summary	p. 146
7 The Framework as a Structuring Tool: Case Studies	p. 148
Case study 1: selection of a municipal waste treatment system	p. 151
Case study 2: evaluation of sustainable redevelopment scenarios for an urban area	p. 155
Case study 3: 'multi-stakeholder' urban regeneration decision-making	p. 163
Case study 4: social reporting of Modena City strategic plan	p. 168
Summary and conclusion	p. 173
8 Towards Management Systems and Protocols	p. 176
Who manages?	p. 180
The planning framework	p. 181
Management in a learning organisation	p. 183
Soft system methodology	p. 185
Wicked problems	p. 187
Process protocols	p. 188
A possible approach	p. 191
The Vancouver study	p. 192
The conclusions of the Vancouver study	p. 196
Follow through on the Vancouver study	p. 197
Resilience	p. 199
9 Education and Research	p. 203
A research agenda	p. 213
In conclusion	p. 215
Appendix A The Philosophy of the 'Cosmonomic Idea of Reality'	p. 217
References	p. 223
Websites	p. 236
Bibliography	p. 239
Index	p. 255

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