Sustainable Urban Development Volume 2

<p>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 <em>Volume 1</em> <em>Volume 2 </em>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:</p><ul> <li>the instruments of environmental assessment </li> <li>approaches to environmental assessment based in systems-thinking </li> <li>methods for environmental economic and social assessments </li> <li>their use in evaluating the sustainability of urban development. </li> </ul><p>The <em>Sustainable Urban Development Series </em>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.</p>