Concepts of Sustainable Development and Evaluation Methods for Sustainability of a City

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  • Takahashi Mihoko
    Department of Urban Design, Planning and Disaster Management, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University
  • Unoki Chisato
    Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.
  • Deguchi Atsushi
    Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

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  • サステナブル・ディベロップメントの概念と都市のサステナビリティ評価手法に関する基礎研究
  • サステナブル ディベロップメント ノ ガイネン ト トシ ノ サステナビリティ ヒョウカ シュホウ ニ カンスル キソ ケンキュウ

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Abstract

Since the Brundtland Commission in 1987, the concept of sustainable development is one of the key issues in various fields including city planning. In addition, there are a lot of different definitions of the concept of sustainable 　development and evaluation methods for sustainability adapted by the cities all over the world. This study aims to make arrangement of the definitions of the concept of sustain able development and to categorize the existing evaluation methods for sustainability of a city-, region- and national-scale by reviewing the relevant documents and web sites. As results, we figure out the three preliminary principles and four components which consist of the concept and the typology of evaluation methods.

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  • 都市・建築学研究

    都市・建築学研究 11 31-44, 2007-01-15

    Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

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