Urban Sustainability Indicators: A Guidebook

The Guidebook to Urban Sustainability Indicators provides a comprehensive guide for assessing sustainable urban development, covering thirteen thematic areas and over 1,100 indicators. It aims to advance knowledge of sustainable urban development and cities through cross-disciplinary thinking and evaluation, and is useful for scholars, students, urban professionals, planners, and designers, policy makers, and municipal authorities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 01 January 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The issues of urban sustainability are of paramount importance, particularly in cities with already high densities, where the challenges of resource constraints, quality of urban community life, and quality of the physical environment are exacerbated by the sheer intensity of social and economic activities within the typically limited confines of metropolitan boundaries. This comprehensive Guidebook to Urban Sustainability Indicators provides a valuable tool for assessing sustainable urban development. It encompasses thirteen thematic areas that directly impact spatial planning and policies, including Land, Community, Economy, Transport, Biodiversity, Food, Energy, Climate, Air, Water, Waste, Governance, and Culture. These thematic areas are interlinked, forming a holistic framework for understanding sustainable urban development. The Guidebook aims to advance knowledge in this field by promoting cross-disciplinary thinking and evaluation. It offers sustainability performance indicators for self-assessment and benchmarking cities, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative measures. These indicators are drawn from a diverse range of international databases, such as the World Banks Environmental Performance Indicators, as well as local databases like the Sustainable Seattle Indicators. In total, over 1,100 indicators for sustainable development have been studied and compiled in this Guidebook. These indicators are organized into sub-themes or dimensions, each representing a specific area of focus or principle of sustainability. This book is a valuable resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of the concept of integrated sustainability in urban development, rather than approaching sustainability from a single thematic perspective. It is particularly relevant for scholars and students in the fields of Urban Planning, Urban Design, and related disciplines, as it provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the key indicators and principles of sustainable urban development.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138804425