EcoBalance model for assessing sustainability in residential areas and relevant case studies in Finland

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-380

  Harmaajärvi, Irmeli ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

EcoBalance model; Finland; Sustainability in residential areas

Indexed keywords

ECOBALANCE MODEL; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WASTES;

ECOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

FINLAND;

EID: 0342748376     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-9255(00)00048-2     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Harmaajärvi I. Sustainable Residential Area. Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Four Typical Finnish Residential Areas (in Finnish). Espoo, Finland: VTT research notes 1378, 1992.
2. Harmaajärvi I. The Ecological Balance of the New Residential Area at the Former Race Track in Sodankylä (in Finnish). Espoo, Finland: VTT Communities and Infrastructure, research report 454, 1998.
3. Harmaajärvi I., Lyytikkä A. The ecological balance of "ecovillages" (in Finnish). 1999;Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Building Department - Land Use Department, Edita Ltd, Helsinki, Finland.
4. Lahti P, Harmaajärvi I. Urban Form and Sustainable Development. International experiences (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Building Department, research report No. 1/1992, 1992.