Neighborhood sustainability assessment in action: Cross-evaluation of three assessment systems and their cases from the US, the UK, and Japan

Building and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-258

  Sharifi, Ayyoob ^a,b   Murayama, Akito ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BREEAM communities; CASBEE UD; Case study; Cross evaluation; LEED ND; Neighborhood sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; POTASSIUM ALLOYS;

CASBEE-UD; CROSS EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS; NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING; DESIGN; NEIGHBORHOOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

LACUNA;

EID: 84889586689     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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