The application of urban sustainability indicators – A comparison between various practices

Shen, Luyao; Ochoa, J. Jorge; Shah, Rashed; Zhang, Xiaoling

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.03.006

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“…Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way we build and manage our urban spaces. The sustainable development of urban areas encapsulates equilibrium between environmental, social and economic sustainability and sustained for an unforeseeable future (Shen et al, 2011;Munasinghe 2010).…”

Section: Quality Of Life and Sustainable Development In Urban Contextmentioning

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Role of International and National Standards in Improving Quality of Life in Urban Environments in Sri Lanka

Silva¹

2017

CPP

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Urbanization is a global societal trend where the proportion of people living in cities increases while the proportion of people living in the country side diminishes. Sri Lanka is in the phase of development after the end of civil war. For the past few years, Sri Lankan cities are urbanizing at an unprecedented scale and expected to rise further in future. Therefore, we are facing many challenges to ensure the development in a sustainable manner and to guarantee the high standard of living to all citizens.Standards contribute sense of urgency to improve urban quality of life by improving energy efficiency, increasing resource efficiency, increasing public safety, planning urban development, developing services and infrastructure, improving transport system, intelligent use of resources, creating more livable environment, reducing impact to bio diversity and ecosystem and acting to mitigate climate change.

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Section: Quality Of Life and Sustainable Development In Urban Contextmentioning

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Role of International and National Standards in Improving Quality of Life in Urban Environments in Sri Lanka

Silva¹

2017

CPP

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“…International Urban Sustainability Indicators List (IUSIL) examines nine different practices and proposes a comparative basis study [9]. The nine examined practices selected from both developing and developed countries and regions in the world, including Melbourne, Hong Kong, Iskandar, Barcelona, Mexico City, Taipei, Singapore, Chandigarh and Pune.…”

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“…Discussions made on the comparative analysis are categorized in four different dimensions: environmental, economic, social and governance. Research results show how comparative basis can lead to knowledge sharing between different practices, which can be used to guide the selection of indicators of sustainable urbanization plans and improve the effective communication of the status of practices [9]. Another comparative study called "Measuring the sustainability of cities: An analysis of the use of local indicators" that analyzes 17 studies of the use of urban sustainable development indicators (SDI) in developed western countries.…”

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Using Simo's Procedures to Rank Indicators for City Rating System

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IJASRE

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“…Therefore, the quality of the data is determined by the quality to the accuracy of data collection [39]. In this paper, Guangdong province, the best province for economic development with the largest number of green buildings in China, is selected as the case study.…”

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The Relationship Between Green Building and Regional Economy: A Case Study in Guangdong, China

Liang¹,

Zhang²,

Ji³

2017

TOCIEJ

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Developing Green Building (GB) is one of the most effective measures to save energy and reduce carbon emissions in the world. To promote the development of green building, it is necessary to analyze driving factors and contribution through the analysis for relationship between regional economy and green building. Therefore, based on the system dynamic(SD) theory, this paper constructs the structure model of the stock flow diagram, including the regional economic subsystem, social subsystem, government support subsystem and green building subsystem. Among the model, Guangdong province, as the most prosperous province of economic development with the largest numbers of certified green buildings in China, has been chosen to show the influence level of their relationship. Through simulation, results can be easily shown that development of GB can make contributions to the field of local economy, however, also be limited by the regional condition, including policy incentive, regional economic, technological, etc. We can also find that direct contribution to the GDP the Green Building made can reach about 2.47 ‰, and 9.23 ‰ indirectly. If the current level of regional production is stable, it can be found that each additional 10,000 square meters of green area building may produce about ¥018.2 million for economy. On the contrary, that the regional economy investment in fixed assets increased by ¥1 million can stimulate 0.001648 million square meter demand of GB. Additionally, employment opportunities directly or indirectly have also been considered.

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The application of urban sustainability indicators – A comparison between various practices

Cited by 606 publications

References 18 publications

Role of International and National Standards in Improving Quality of Life in Urban Environments in Sri Lanka

Role of International and National Standards in Improving Quality of Life in Urban Environments in Sri Lanka

Using Simo's Procedures to Rank Indicators for City Rating System

The Relationship Between Green Building and Regional Economy: A Case Study in Guangdong, China

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