Assessing Greek policies for energy efficiency in urban scale: The case of Chalepa neighbourhood [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis study examines the environmental challenges and sustainability potential of Chalepa, a historic neighbourhood in Chania, Crete, through the lens of the LEED for Neighbourhood Development (LEED-ND) framework.
Dimelli Despina
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Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2021 Purpose Urban design guidelines (UDGs) provide comprehensive documents that lead to sustainable implementations in the local context. The aim and content of a UDG can differ according to the vision, aim, and associated urban plans. The most common UDG
Simge Özdal Oktay +1 more
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A review of selected neighbourhood sustainability assessment frameworks using the Bellagio STAMP [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose The neighbourhood sustainability assessment frameworks through which a proposed neighbourhood development can be evaluated against an array of sustainability indicators began to gain prominence in the first decade of the twenty-first century ...
Adewumi A.S. +8 more
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Sustainability Assessment on an Urban Scale: Context, Challenges, and Most Relevant Indicators
Applied System Innovation, 2022 The concept and practice of sustainability in urban planning have gained worldwide significance since the early 2000s and have become increasingly mainstream in the policymaking process.
Maryam Salati +2 more
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Comparison of International Low-Carbon and sustainable District Evaluation Systems and the Implications for China [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesTo mitigate global warming, various nations have pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by implementing legislative, policy, and standardization measures.
Xu Huiming +5 more
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The Mechanisms of achieving and rating urban sustainable neighborhood projects in Baghdad city (Hypothesis academic vision) [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016 This scientific study seeks to shed the light on the first academic sustainable housing projects study designed by the fourth stage students in Baghdad University- Architecture Engineering Department, 2015, in a site in Baghdad city chosen for its ...
Zaynab R. Abaas
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Designing healthy communities: Testing the walkability model
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2017 Research from multiple domains has provided insights into how neighborhood design can be improved to have a more favorable effect on physical activity, a concept known as walkability.
Adriana A. Zuniga-Teran +6 more
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Sustainability on the urban scale: proposal of a structure of indicators for the Spanish context [PDF]
, 2015 Some efforts to assess sustainability on the urban scale have been made and different tools for measuring the impact on and caused by cities have emerged.
Bovea, María D +2 more
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Sustainable Sites Initiative: US updated rating criteria for open spaces design
Techne, 2014 The paper presents the U.S. Sustainable Sites Initiative, by illustrating and commenting the recent updates of the rating criteria in addition to a number of certified projects, including some sites visited by the author in California.
Renata Valente
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Neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools and water system adaption: A framework to analyse the adaptive capacity in the physical - social context [PDF]
, 2016 The relationship between climate change and sustainable development has rarely been studied, particularly in the context of the built environment development assessment tools and adaptation to both short- and long-term climate change impacts.
Gwilliam, Julie, Naji, Sally
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