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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 Reducing household energy use in social housing buildings can substantially contribute to mitigating global climate change. While municipalities and social housing corporations are willing to invest in sustainable renovations and innovations, social ...
Michèlle Bal +3 more
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The role of carbon metrics in supporting built-environment professionals
Buildings & Cities, 2020 Highlights Protecting the climate is an indispensable contribution to the conservation of the ecosystem. One approach is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be within planetary boundaries. The quantification, allocation, assessment and control of
Thomas Lützkendorf
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Carbon metrics for cities: production and consumption implications for policies
Buildings & Cities, 2020 The estimated cities’ contribution to climate change varies depending on the methods chosen by a given city for compiling its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory.
Maria Balouktsi
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International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2023 Low- and middle-income groups face difficulties in homeownership because of the urbanisation and rising living standards, in which they rely heavily on the government’s housing provision.
Li Xuan Lai +2 more
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EVALUATION OF SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECTS IN 15TH OF MAY CITY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Science, 2023 The aim of the research is to evaluate social housing projects in May 15th City to find out the extent to which they achieve sustainable development goals at the level (economic, social, and environmental).
ناهد حسن +2 more
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Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Housing [PDF]
Journal of Housing Research, 2011 This paper analyzed the differences between house buyers when valuing environmental characteristics associated with the house. The theoretical framework used is based on hedonic modeling, but the second stage is estimated by assuming a translog utility function.
Mandell, Svante, Wilhelmsson, Mats
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Gender Differences in Perceived Importance and Performance of Penang Island Attributes
SHS Web of Conferences, 2014 This paper examines the gender differences in perceived importance and performance of Penang Island attributes. The data was drawn from questionnaire survey of 801 international tourists who visited the island between August and November 2012.
Omar Shida Irwana +3 more
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Liveability Considerations: Towards Designing Sustainable Public Housing in Niger State, Nigeria
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2023 This study investigates liveability in the context of sustainable public housing in Niger State, Nigeria, where existing housing efforts have fallen short of residents' satisfaction.
Paul Baba Haruna +3 more
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SHS Web of Conferences, 2014 The Langkawi Island is a popular tourist destination in Malaysia, which development started in the 1990s. To date, it is among the ten islands most visited by local and foreign tourists.
Mohd Bakri Norjanah +2 more
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Estimation of Carrying Capacity with Emphasis on Water Resources Using Load and Load Carrier Method (Case Study: Tehran Province) [PDF]
محیط زیست و توسعه فرابخشی, 2022 Today, with the rapid growth of the economy and the development of urban communities, we are witnessing an intensification of the conflict between the resources used by humans.
Parisa Kooshki, Romina Sayahnia
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