Walkable new urban LEED_Neighborhood-Development (LEED-ND) community design and children's physical activity: selection, environmental, or catalyst effects? [PDF]
Background Interest is growing in physical activity-friendly community designs, but few tests exist of communities explicitly designed to be walkable. We test whether students living in a new urbanist community that is also a pilot LEED_ND (Leadership in
Stevens, Robert B, Brown Barbara B
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پایداری محلات مسکونی؛ سنجش میزان پایداری کوی فراز تهران برمینای سیستم ارزیابی LEED-ND [PDF]
مقوله پایداری امری است که در جهان امروز بنا به محدودیتها و مسائل محیطی بهشدت مورد توجه قرار گرفته است. بررسی پایداری در هر سه بعد اجتماعی، اقتصادی و زیستمحیطی و تدوین الگوها و معیار سنجش آن موضوع بسیاری از پژوهشهای صورت گرفته در حوزه معماری و شهرسازی
ریحانه آقاملایی
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Are LEED-ND developments catalysts of neighborhood gentrification?
LEED v4 for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) is a neighborhood sustainability assessment tool developed through a collaborative effort between the United States Green Building Council, the Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Natural Resources ...
Eric M. Benson, Bradley Bereitschaft
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Resumen Los Sistemas Globales de Certificación de Sostenibilidad Barrios BREEAM-CM y LEED-ND han sido desarrollados en países de primer mundo, donde las normativas de construcción son altamente exigentes.
Paz Argüello Meza
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Designing healthy communities: A walkability analysis of LEED-ND
Prevailing city design in many countries has created sedentary societies that depend on automobile use. Consequently, architects, urban designers, and land planners have developed new urban design theories, which have been incorporated into the ...
Adriana A. Zuniga-Teran +6 more
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY OF LIFE AND LEED-ND CERTIFIED / CERTIFIABLE NEIGHBORHOODS [PDF]
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has developed a rating system that examines the sustainability of neighborhoods. They have specifically stated that that LEED-ND certified neighborhoods will protect and enhance residents’ overall health ...
Timm, Stephanie Nicole
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LEED-ND and Livability Revisited [PDF]
This study examines LEED-ND’s criteria for Neighborhood Pattern and Design (NPD). LEED-ND was developed as a system for rating new neighborhoods on the sustainability of their planning. However, it has increasingly been adopted by cities as a de facto measure of “livable” neighborhood design and used to accelerate development processes.
Geoff Boeing +4 more
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Comparative Analysis of Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Systems from the USA (LEED–ND), Germany (DGNB–UD), and India (GRIHA–LD) [PDF]
Neighborhood sustainability assessment systems support the planning of sustainable and resilient cities. This research analyses, compares, and evaluates three neighborhood sustainability assessment systems (NSA) of (i) the German Sustainable Building ...
Swati Bahale, Thorsten Schuetze
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Sustainable Urban Development in Slum Areas in the City of Rio de Janeiro Based on LEED-ND Indicators [PDF]
The accelerated urban transition and its consequent unsustainability is a problem registered in several global scenarios. This issue has been identified in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Ana Carolina Hyczy de Siqueira +4 more
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Transit-Oriented Development: Removing Barriers And Realizing Goals Through LEED-ND [PDF]
In a response to the effects of sprawl and the growth pressures that face the City of Toronto and the rest of the Province of Ontario, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) can be implemented as a smart growth tool that can provide a meaningful sustainable alternative to conventional development practices.
Melissa N. Lotito
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