Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment Tools for Sustainable Cities and Communities, a Literature Review—New Trends for New Requirements

Pulgar Rubilar, Pablo; Jordán Vidal, Manuel M.; Blanco Fernández, David; Osorio Ramirez, Marisol; Perillán Torres, Luis; Lizana Vial, Marcela; Lobos Calquin, Danny; Pardo Fabregat, Francisco; Navarro Pedreño, Jose

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“…Many urban sustainability systems were developed during the past two decades, combining key aspects, main indicators, and related criteria to assess the performance of "neighborhood sustainability", hence the title. NSA "Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Systems Tools" was loosely classified into two subcategories, namely, systems and assessment "tools" related to the environmental performance of buildings and settings (spin-offs of building assessment tools), and systems, initiatives, and tools, related to neighborhood development plans and the sustainability performance of (Plan-Embedded Tools) [23,24].…”

Section: Urban Sustainability Systems-selected Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring and enhancing spontaneous sustainability—a framework

Hassan,

Ettouney,

Abdel-Kader

2024

J. Eng. Appl. Sci.

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The paper presents and addresses the concept of “spontaneous sustainability”, the informal and unplanned sustainable development of communities, as the basis and framework to support the notion, drives, and agendas of “formal sustainability”. It follows the interdependence between the “spontaneous sustainability” of “distinct” communities and their “cultural” characteristics, including history, spatial continuity, values and behaviors, the associated physical settings, and tangible and intangible products, which enabled them to continue, survive, and develop. The research aims at formulating and validating a “framework” for monitoring and enhancing the “spontaneous sustainability” of “distinct” communities to enable, support and link it, to the broader frameworks of “sustainable development”. The proposed “framework” combines “sustainability” dimensions: environmental, economic, and socio-cultural; and the levels of community contexts, and spatial impact. The “framework” is formulated by integrating selected “urban sustainability” approaches, and systems, with later research that developed the key aspects, criteria, and indicators of those systems, together with research addressing “social and cultural sustainability”, and assessment aspects, criteria, and indicators. The “framework” is developed and validated through a limited questionnaire, involving local experts and specialists, academics, and practitioners, to point out limitations and potential, and to suggest the relative importance of its components, key aspects, and criteria. The validation supported the research propositions, the formulation, and development of the proposed “spontaneous sustainability framework” and emphasized its flexibility to include other approaches and agendas, and potential for further development and application in distinct local communities.

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Section: Urban Sustainability Systems-selected Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%