Urban sustainability standards: Predetermined checklists or adaptable frameworks?

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 204-211

  Kyrkou, Dimitra ^a   Karthaus, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment systems; BREEAM Communities; LEED ND; Tools; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

STANDARDS; TOOLS;

APPLIED RESEARCH; ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES; OPEN SOURCES; UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84455195421     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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