scholarly journals Assessing Dense Neighbourhood Sustainability for Daylight Performance: A Case Study of Beijing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingyi Zhang ◽  
Yanghongwei Ning
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Parametric Modelling ◽  
Daylight Performance ◽  
Modelling System

Daylight is a valuable natural resource that has been related to space quality and sustainable development. With the increasing density of urban population and physical environment, current manual-based daylight analysis and assessment have limited capabilities for dense neighbourhood evaluation and fail to effectively quantify natural daylight in residential zones. This paper proposes a parametric-based modelling system that perform year-round daylight access in dense neighbourhoods. Neighbourhood samples of Beijing work as study cases. Methods include data integration and parametric modelling. Geographic and climate information, building geometries, and daylight performance are computed with the parametric-based modelling system. Experiments at various residential building cluster layouts demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed system. Results indicate that parametric technology can provide positive innovation for daylight performance evaluation and dense neighbourhood sustainability assessment.

scholarly journals Measuring sustainable development in the education area using multi-criteria methods: a case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1219-1241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Roszkowska ◽  
Marzena Filipowicz-Chomko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Target Point ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Negative Ideal Solution ◽  
Integrated Sustainability ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Sustainability is a holistic and complex multi-dimensional concept comprising economic, social and environmental issues. The EU Sustainable Development Goals’ indicator set, developed by European Commission, is implemented online in Eurostat’s database and constitutes the basis for assessing the level of sustainability assessment in different areas. The integration of the sustainability indicators was carried out in many studies by using the multi-criteria techniques. This work proposes a new methodological framework based on extended TOPSIS procedure, which takes into account EU targets and/or national targets in building positive ideal solution and negative ideal solution. This algorithm allows compensatory and non-compensatory approach in integrated sustainability assessment from the target point of view. This framework has been applied to measure sustainable development in the area of education in 28 EU countries in 2015. The results of this research also illustrate the complexity of measuring sustainable development, where multiple sustainability criteria and targets are considered.

scholarly journals On the Sustainability Performance of the European Union’s Economic Recovery Strategy – A Case Study with Lessons for Policymakers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodoros Zachariadis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Recovery Strategy ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Environmental Considerations ◽  
Development Objectives

Abstract The European Union pursues an economic recovery strategy with explicit environmental considerations but less clear alignment with broader sustainable development objectives. Using as a case study one national Recovery Plan that was published in May 2021, we perform a rapid but detailed sustainability assessment of its measures. At times when policymakers need immediate advice, this framework helps identify weaknesses and guide the inclusion of sustainability-oriented policies in national budgets.

scholarly journals On the Sustainability Performance of the European Union’s Economic Recovery Strategy – A Case Study with Lessons for Policymakers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodoros Zachariadis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Recovery Strategy ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Environmental Considerations ◽  
Development Objectives

Abstract The European Union pursues an economic recovery strategy with explicit environmental considerations but less clear alignment with broader sustainable development objectives. Using as a case study one national Recovery Plan that was published in May 2021, we perform a rapid but detailed sustainability assessment of its measures. At times when policymakers need immediate advice, this framework helps identify weaknesses and guide the inclusion of sustainability-oriented policies in national budgets.

Preliminary Discussion on the Modification of Ecological Footprint Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 3212-3216
Author(s):  
Juan Juan Dai ◽  
Yao Jian Wu ◽  
Si Ting Chen ◽  
Shang Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Quantitative Estimate ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Footprint Model ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Assessment

Based on the survey on deficiencies of ecological footprint model applied on regional sustainable development assessment, modification of the ecological footprint model was preliminarily discussed on three aspects: concept extension, combination with other index, and introduction of quantitative estimate indices for time series calculation. This discussion provided a scientific guidance of applying ecological footprint model on regional sustainability assessment, and a theoretical basis for further case study.

scholarly journals Neighborhood sustainability in urban renewal: An assessment framework

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen W Zheng ◽  
Geoffrey QP Shen ◽  
Yan Song ◽  
Bingxia Sun ◽  
Jingke Hong
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
High Density ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Neighborhood Scale ◽  
Building Condition

Urban renewal provides valuable opportunities for sustainable development. Sustainability assessment is considered a useful tool in ensuring sustainable development in practice. Although a number of studies have been conducted to evaluate the potential of urban renewal, studies on sustainability assessment in urban renewal at a neighborhood scale are often ignored. However, urban renewal is normally accompanied by many social, economic, and environmental conflicts among various stakeholders. The present paper proposes a framework for assessing neighborhood sustainability to support urban renewal decision making in high-density cities such as Hong Kong. This framework includes two components: (1) sustainability and building condition and (2) a decision-making matrix for urban renewal strategies. A case study was conducted to illustrate how this framework can be applied in the decision-making process of urban renewal projects. The results are expected to provide references for urban renewal decision making in high-density cities.

scholarly journals Application of a Sustainability Model for Assessing the Relocation of a Container Terminal: A Case Study of Kristiansand Port

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariia Dushenko ◽  
Clemet Thærie Bjorbæk ◽  
Kenn Steger-Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Model Framework

Sustainable development, a new interdisciplinary paradigm, is attracting increasing attention from the global research community. It is an enhancement of sustainability principles. This study documents the findings from applying a sustainability assessment model framework by Koo and Ariaratnam (2008) for decision support in connection with the projection of major infrastructure investment in a port. The objective of this study is to support the decision-making process in a port development project and to verify the applicability of sustainability assessment using a sustainability assessment model for a terminal development project in an urban area of Scandinavia. The sustainability assessment model is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). A literature review of sustainability assessment models was conducted to find indicators for the AHP approach. Subsequently, a questionnaire was compiled and six decision-makers for projects in Scandinavian Ports in urban areas were selected for the case study. The hypothesis is that decision-makers of major infrastructure investment projects in publicly owned ports must adhere to sustainable development principles and support the United Nations sustainable development goals that are a call for action by all countries. When documenting a sustainable design of port projects, decision-makers use theoretical sustainability models to conceptualize features of a sustainable society. However, a major challenge for the decision-makers was that the sustainability assessment results did not show, as expected, the same results as those of three existing theoretical sustainability models. The results of the sustainability assessment model were scrutinised and benchmarked against existing theoretical sustainability models, namely: a sustainability stool, a 3-overlappingcircles model, and a 3-nesteddependencies model. The benchmark results indicate a disparity between the importance of what sustainability models describe and what is important in practice.

A novel Sustainable Development Goal 7 composite index as the paradigm for energy sustainability assessment: A case study from Europe

2021 ◽  
pp. 118173
Author(s):  
Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan ◽  
Rishi Pugazhendhi ◽  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Lucian Mihet-Popa ◽  
Pietro Elia Campana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal
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