Sustainable Urban Development Volume 2: The Environmental Assessment Methods: Vol 2

Deakin, Mark (Edited by)/ Mitchell, Gordon (Edited by)/ Nijkamp, Peter (Edited by)/ Vreeker, Ron (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 0415322162 / ISBN 13: 9780415322164

Published by Routledge, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainable Urban Development Volume 2: The Environmental Assessment Methods: Vol 2
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415322162
• ISBN 13: 9780415322164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.17 kilograms

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Synopsis

In this book, the second of a three-volume series, leading authorities on the methodology of environmental assessment provide a unique insight into questions of critical importance to sustainable urban development. Using the framework and protocols set out in Volume 1, Volume 2 examines how well the environmental assessment methods evaluate the ecological integrity of urban development and equity of the resulting resource distribution. The examination focuses on:

• the instruments of environmental assessment
• approaches to environmental assessment based in systems-thinking
• methods for environmental, economic and social assessments
• their use in evaluating the sustainability of urban development.

The Sustainable Urban Development Series contains the research and debate of the BEQUEST (Building, Environmental Quality Evaluation for Sustainability) network funded by the European Commission. Together the books provide a framework, set of protocols, environmental assessment methods and toolkit for policy makers, academics, professionals and advanced level students in urban planning and studies, as well as other areas of the built environment.

About the Author

Mark Deakin is Senior Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at the School of the Built Environment, Napier University. Gordon Mitchell is Lecturer at the School of Geography & Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds University. Peter Nijkamp is Professor in Regional and Urban Economics and Economic Geography at the Free University, Amsterdam. Ron Vreeker is Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, Amsterdam.