A critical review of environmental assessment tools for sustainable urban design

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-125

  Ameen, Raed Fawzi Mohammed ^a,b   Mourshed, Monjur ^a   Li, Haijiang ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERBALA   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment methods; Sustainability assessment tools; Urban design

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGNS; URBAN DESIGN;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84938879046     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.07.006     Document Type: Review

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