A need for balanced approach to neighborhood sustainability assessments: A critical review and analysis

Komeily, Ali; Srinivasan, Ravi S.

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2015.05.004

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“…A detailed review of sustainability rating tools for buildings can be found in Nguyen and Atlan [40] who reviewed and compared five prominent rating tools, namely Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE), GREEN STAR (a sustainability rating system for buildings in Australia) and the Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM). Furthermore, Sharifi and Murayama [24] and Komeily and Srinivasan [25] conducted critical and extensive reviews comparing different neighborhood sustainability assessment (NSA) tools. They concluded that NSA methodologies should be improved and enhanced with regard to: (a) a more balanced approach towards inclusion of a wider array of stakeholders, particularly citizens' participation; (b) balanced consideration towards all four aspects of sustainability, including institutional aspects; (c) adaptability to the local context and characteristics of the project; (d) a focus on cross-and multi sectoral aspects; and (e) a project's life time considerations.…”

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“…Consequently, Section 6 presents the step by step development of the SRBA methodology. Section 7 demonstrates an illustrative example of the application of SRBA in Colombia, including GIS maps There is a large diversity of sustainability assessment methods at different levels, such as city (e.g., the Green City Index developed by Siemens and the Urban Sustainability Index developed by Columbia University, Tsinghua University and McKinsey), neighborhood [24,25] and building [26], and in relation to different sectors, such as energy [27], transport [28], waste management [29] and water [30]. However, there is a lack of a project-based sustainability benefits assessment methodology that could integrate different urban agendas, be relevant to multiple sectors and provide the flexibility of modification and application to different local contexts.…”

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Towards the Development of an Integrated Sustainability and Resilience Benefits Assessment Framework of Urban Green Growth Interventions

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Considering the current emerging demographic, urbanization and climatic trends, integrating sustainability and resilience principles into urban development becomes a key priority for decision-makers worldwide. Local and national governments, project developers and other urban stakeholders dealing with the complexities of urban development need projects with clear structure and outcomes in order to inform decision-making and ensure sources of financing. The need for developing an integrated assessment methodology that would capture and quantify multiple urban sustainability and resilience benefits of projects in one common framework and eventually lead to verifiable sustainability and resilience outcomes is immense and challenging at the same time. The main objective of this paper is to present the development of a methodological approach that aims to integrate sustainability and resilience benefits, derived from the implementation of green growth urban projects, into a unified framework of criteria addressing environmental, social, economic and institutional perspectives. The proposed sustainability and resilience benefits assessment (SRBA) methodology is a combination of top down and bottom up approaches, including GIS-based scenario building. The different types of sustainability and resilience benefits of urban green growth projects are also identified at different levels (i.e., individual, neighborhood, city and global). Moreover, the proposed methodology creates scenarios that can be illustrated by a map-based approach to enable a better illustration and visualization of benefits. It demonstrates how a map-based approach can assess not only the extent of sustainability and resilience benefits accrued (how much is benefitted), but also their spatial distribution (who is benefitted). The main methodological challenges and issues on developing an integrated sustainability and resilience benefits assessment are identified and discussed.

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“…Para o alcance do objetivo desta pesquisa, operacionalizaram-se as duas primeiras etapas do ProKnow-C, ou seja, (i) a formação de um portfólio de artigos relevantes e alinhados ao tema, e (ii) a análise bibliométrica das variáveis básicas (artigos, periódicos, autores e ferramentas de AD) e variáveis avançadas (nível do sistema/ferramenta de avaliação e ciclo de vida do sistema/ferramenta), que respondem pelo mapeamento da literatura e possibilitam a geração de conhecimento sobre o tema. (BERARDI, 2013;TURCU, 2013;KOMEILY;SRINIVASAN, 2015;AHVENNIEMI et al, 2016), qualidade de vida (ALQAHTANYA et al, 2012) e cultura (AMEEN et al, 2015).…”

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Avaliação De Desempenho Para O Desenvolvimento Do Urbanismo Sustentável: Revisão De Literatura E Diretrizes Para Futuras Investiações

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RESUMOO crescimento urbano desordenado é, hoje, um problema global. Neste contexto, a avaliação de desempenho, por meio de ferramentas para a certiicação de desenvolvimento urbano sustentável, surge como uma alternativa para orientar desenvolvedores imobiliários urbanos na tomada de decisão. A pesquisa tem por objetivo abordar um fragmento da literatura referente à avaliação de desempenho para o desenvolvimento urbano sustentável, visando mapear o tema e identiicar oportunidades para pesquisas futuras. Foi selecionado o instrumento metodológico ProKnow-C para a seleção e análise da literatura. O portfólio bibliográico formado por 31 artigos apresentou os seguintes resultados: falta de reconhecimento cientíico sobre o tema pesquisado, desenvolvimento das ferramentas concentradas entre 2007 e 2014, e derivação das ferramentas de avaliação de desempenho de ediicações. As lacunas identiicadas foram: necessidade de uma rede para compartilhamento de informações, transparência sobre o peso dado a cada indicador, necessidade de avaliação de indicadores locais, dentre outros. ABSTRACTDisorganized urban growth is now a global problem. In this context, the evaluation of performance through tools for the certiication of sustainable urban development appears as an alternative to guide urban real estate developers in decision making. The research aims to address a fragment of literature on performance evaluation for sustainable urban development, aiming at identifying opportunities and possibilities for a future research agenda. The methodological tool, called ProKnow-C, was chosen for selection and analysis of literature. The bibliographic portfolio consists of 31 articles with the following results: lack of scientiic recognition on the researched topic, development of the tools concentrated between 2007 and 2014, and derivation of the tools of evaluation of performance of buildings. The identiied gaps were: need for a network to share information, transparency on the weight given to each indicator, need to evaluate local indicators, among others.

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“…For example, in Europe more than 2/3 of the population lives in cities (Salvia et al, 2015). The development of environmental visions and strategies are important steps in achieving these shifts as a means of setting out guiding principles and processes (Komeily and Srinivasan, 2015;Wangel et al, 2013).…”

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The development of environmental visions and strategies at the municipal level: Case studies from the county of Östergötland in Sweden

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A need for balanced approach to neighborhood sustainability assessments: A critical review and analysis

Cited by 164 publications

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Towards the Development of an Integrated Sustainability and Resilience Benefits Assessment Framework of Urban Green Growth Interventions

Towards the Development of an Integrated Sustainability and Resilience Benefits Assessment Framework of Urban Green Growth Interventions

Avaliação De Desempenho Para O Desenvolvimento Do Urbanismo Sustentável: Revisão De Literatura E Diretrizes Para Futuras Investiações

The development of environmental visions and strategies at the municipal level: Case studies from the county of Östergötland in Sweden

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