Metrics of local environmental sustainability: A case study in Auckland, New Zealand

Ghosh, S; Vale, R; Vale, B

Metrics of local environmental sustainability: A case study in Auckland, New Zealand

Ghosh, S

Vale, R Vale, B

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Local Environment, 2007, 12 (4), pp. 355 - 378
Issue Date:: 2007-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ghosh, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-9329	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vale, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vale, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Local Environment, 2007, 12 (4), pp. 355 - 378	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1354-9839	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17179
dc.description.abstract	Environmental impacts, in addition to economic, social and cultural drivers, have significant implications in the evolution of more sustainable urban forms. This paper presents the results of calculating potential local environmental sustainability using ecological footprint techniques in terms of five main aspects - domestic energy; transportation; vegetation cover; food; waste - for five residential urban form case studies in Auckland, New Zealand. This quantitative study formulates a comprehensive methodology for measuring comparative sustainability performances and identifies important residential urban form descriptors. As measured in this research, low-density urban forms may have more potential to be sustainable compared with other compact urban forms which may require a change of behavioural patterns for the residents.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Local Environment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/13549830701412471	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Urban & Regional Planning	en_US
dc.title	Metrics of local environmental sustainability: A case study in Auckland, New Zealand	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	12 Built Environment and Design	en_US
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
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pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	12	en_US

Abstract:

Environmental impacts, in addition to economic, social and cultural drivers, have significant implications in the evolution of more sustainable urban forms. This paper presents the results of calculating potential local environmental sustainability using ecological footprint techniques in terms of five main aspects - domestic energy; transportation; vegetation cover; food; waste - for five residential urban form case studies in Auckland, New Zealand. This quantitative study formulates a comprehensive methodology for measuring comparative sustainability performances and identifies important residential urban form descriptors. As measured in this research, low-density urban forms may have more potential to be sustainable compared with other compact urban forms which may require a change of behavioural patterns for the residents.

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