ABSTRACT: In most studies, it has been taking into account the performance assessment of construction, without addressing or addressing insufficiently, the urban context in which it is inserted: the environment, the neighborhood, the city. As cause and consequence of this situation, many of the built environment promotion policies are directed solely to the construction, while larger scale projects are […]
Urban sustainability
Tools for assessing sustainability in urban settlements: Case study of the Metropolitan Center neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, applying the LEED ND environmental certification
ABSTRACT: While increasing the use of sustainability in urban projects, it grows the need to develop sustainability indicators that serve as a reference for assessing urban policies implemented in the city. With it come new evaluation systems that take into consideration the environment, location, urban mobility, infrastructure and environmental management, putting into practice concepts of new urbanism and sustainable […]
Assessing sustainable urban densification using geographic information systems
ABSTRACT: Facing the expansive growth of cities and the wasteful consumption of resources, cities must be measured in its immense complexity, and its parts and layers must be observed so as to assess its ability to support such pressures. Cities should look at themselves and define how far away they are from a sustainable model, which means a greater […]