Measuring site-level success in brownfield redevelopments: A focus on sustainability and green building

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-495

  Wedding, G Christopher ^a   Crawford Brown, Douglas ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy processes; Brownfield; Green building; Indicator; Multi attribute decision method; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; AUTOMATED TOOLS; BROWNFIELDS; BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT; DECISION METHOD; GREEN BUILDINGS; MEASURING SITES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION METHOD; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISIONS; RESEARCH TOPICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BROWNFIELD SITE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; REDEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 34547944402     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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