Pentagram Sustainability Model

Abstract

This paper systematically reviews the current approaches of assessing sustainability of Neighbourhood-level Urban Communities (NLUCs) to identify existing dimensions of sustainability including missing and neglected ones. The authors have adopted a systematic literature review (SLR) approach to provide an overview of state-of-the-art literature in urban sustainability assessment and measurement.

Measuring the sustainability of neighborhoods: A systematic literature review

“…The primary approach used in this paper is the frequency of criteria. 23 , 33 NVIVO version 12.6.0 and Microsoft Excel are the tools used for analysis purposes. NVIVO is a software program used in qualitative research methods for simplifying coding processes and data analysis.…”

“…Indeed, scholars have also emphasized the importance of considering governance, management, culture, and institutional dimensions as critical aspects of neighborhood sustainability. 8 , 22 , 23 , 24 Therefore, it is vital to understand the concept of a sustainable neighborhood from the perspective of researchers and scholars.…”

Exploring Sustainable Diets as a Climate Mitigation Strategy：

“…Collaboration between governments, companies, communities, and individuals is critical for developing effective methods for promoting and implementing sustainable diets for climate mitigation (Allenden, Hine et al, 2022;Denniss, Woods et al, 2021;Gaillac and Marbach, 2021). Based on the pentagram sustainability model, Kumar, Santara et al (2020) and the thematic analysis conducted, we identify the cultural dimension as a research gap and suggest future research directions to fill these gaps. Besides being symbolic of cultural tradition, local diets supports the ecological conservation (Chen and Liu, 2017).…”

“…Behaviours, such as sustainable consumption, can contribute to greenhouse gas emission reduction (Macassa, 2021). Kumar, Santara et al (2020) have proposed a pentagram sustainability model with five dimensions of sustainability, which are environmental, economic, social, institutional, and cultural. These sustainability dimensions are conceived as part of the sustainable consumption concept.…”

Benchmarking urban performance against absolute measures of sustainability – A review

“…Recent reviews have considered city sustainability framework indicators as mapped to SDGs (Merino-Saum et al, 2020;Zinkernagel et al, 2018), triple bottom line categories (Feleki et al, 2018;Huovila et al, 2019;Kumar et al, 2020;Massaro et al, 2020), and type of indicator, such as MONET and STEEP categorisations (Merino-Saum et al, 2020) and Input/Process/Output/Outcome/Impact and "soft" or "hard" sustainability categorisations (Huovila et al, 2019).…”