Certification systems for sustainable neighbourhoods: What do they really certify?

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 200-213

  Wangel, Josefin ^a   Wallhagen, Marita ^a,b   Malmqvist, Tove ^a   Finnveden, Göran ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; BREEAM; Certification; Indicators; LEED; Sustainable neighbourhood; Sustainable urban development

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

ASSESSMENT; BREEAM; CERTIFICATION; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN;

BENCHMARKING; CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84946600419     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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