Comparative analysis of material criteria in neighborhood sustainability assessment tools and urban design guidelines: Cases of the UK, the US, Japan, and Korea

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14450-14487

  Yoon, Jungwon ^a   Park, Jiyoung ^b  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BREEAM communities; CASBEE UD; LEED ND; Material; Neighborhood sustainability assessment tools; Sustainable urban development; Urban design guideline

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUIDELINE; MODEL TEST; NEIGHBORHOOD; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING METHOD; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; KOREA;

EID: 84949485097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71114450     Document Type: Article

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