Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge

This article analyses whether existing LCA and sustainability methods can be used in the assessment of a city or an urban region. The approach is performed through the review of current existing LCA-based and sustainability standards and guidelines. A focus is put into those LCA-based standards spec...

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City definition
Life cycle perspective
Sustainability approaches
Sustainability indicators
Sustainability indices
Urban regions
Environmental impact
Life cycle
Standards
City definition
Life cycle perspectives
Sustainability index
Sustainability indicators
Urban regions
Sustainable development
assessment method
environmental impact
knowledge
life cycle analysis
standardization
sustainability
urban region
city
environmental impact
environmental sustainability
human
life cycle assessment
neighborhood
population density
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
title Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
spellingShingle Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
City definition
Life cycle perspective
Sustainability approaches
Sustainability indicators
Sustainability indices
Urban regions
Environmental impact
Life cycle
Standards
City definition
Life cycle perspectives
Sustainability index
Sustainability indicators
Urban regions
Sustainable development
assessment method
environmental impact
knowledge
life cycle analysis
standardization
sustainability
urban region
city
environmental impact
environmental sustainability
human
life cycle assessment
neighborhood
population density
priority journal
Review
standard
urban area
title_short Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
title_full Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
title_fullStr Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
title_full_unstemmed Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
title_sort Towards life cycle sustainability assessent of cities. A review of background knowledge
dc.contributor.affiliation.spa.fl_str_mv Albertí, J., UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, Spain
Balaguera, A., UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, Spain, Facultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 N° 30 – 65, Medellín, Colombia
Brodhag, C., École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (EMSE), 158, cours Fauriel, CS 62362, Saint-Étienne Cedex, France
Fullana-i-Palmer, P., UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, Spain
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv City definition
Life cycle perspective
Sustainability approaches
Sustainability indicators
Sustainability indices
Urban regions
Environmental impact
Life cycle
Standards
City definition
Life cycle perspectives
Sustainability index
Sustainability indicators
Urban regions
Sustainable development
assessment method
environmental impact
knowledge
life cycle analysis
standardization
sustainability
urban region
city
environmental impact
environmental sustainability
human
life cycle assessment
neighborhood
population density
priority journal
Review
standard
urban area
topic City definition
Life cycle perspective
Sustainability approaches
Sustainability indicators
Sustainability indices
Urban regions
Environmental impact
Life cycle
Standards
City definition
Life cycle perspectives
Sustainability index
Sustainability indicators
Urban regions
Sustainable development
assessment method
environmental impact
knowledge
life cycle analysis
standardization
sustainability
urban region
city
environmental impact
environmental sustainability
human
life cycle assessment
neighborhood
population density
priority journal
Review
standard
urban area
description This article analyses whether existing LCA and sustainability methods can be used in the assessment of a city or an urban region. The approach is performed through the review of current existing LCA-based and sustainability standards and guidelines. A focus is put into those LCA-based standards specially designed for the built environment. Moreover, a review of non-LCA based standards, indices and guides for the assessment of the sustainability of countries, cities or urban regions is done. The purpose is to check if these assessment tools can provide good results in the absence of LCA-based assessments for cities and urban regions. This review demonstrates the lack of consensus in the definition of both, the city and its boundaries, which hinders the development of useful sustainability standards. Furthermore, it is concluded that current sustainability assessment tools miss, at least, one of these aspects: (i) holistic point of view, (ii) focus on various environmental impacts, (iii) a Life Cycle (LC) perspective, and (iv) the possibility to compare the results among different cities or urban regions. From the LCA perspective, the deficiencies found also include the need for a definition of the function, functional unit (FU), and reference flow (RF) of neighbourhoods, cities, and urban regions. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
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spelling 2017-12-19T19:36:47Z2017-12-19T19:36:47Z2017489697http://hdl.handle.net/11407/431910.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.179reponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellíninstname:Universidad de MedellínThis article analyses whether existing LCA and sustainability methods can be used in the assessment of a city or an urban region. The approach is performed through the review of current existing LCA-based and sustainability standards and guidelines. A focus is put into those LCA-based standards specially designed for the built environment. Moreover, a review of non-LCA based standards, indices and guides for the assessment of the sustainability of countries, cities or urban regions is done. The purpose is to check if these assessment tools can provide good results in the absence of LCA-based assessments for cities and urban regions. This review demonstrates the lack of consensus in the definition of both, the city and its boundaries, which hinders the development of useful sustainability standards. Furthermore, it is concluded that current sustainability assessment tools miss, at least, one of these aspects: (i) holistic point of view, (ii) focus on various environmental impacts, (iii) a Life Cycle (LC) perspective, and (iv) the possibility to compare the results among different cities or urban regions. 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A review of background knowledgeReviewinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reviewhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_efa0Albertí, J., UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, SpainBalaguera, A., UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, Spain, Facultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 N° 30 – 65, Medellín, ColombiaBrodhag, C., École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (EMSE), 158, cours Fauriel, CS 62362, Saint-Étienne Cedex, FranceFullana-i-Palmer, P., UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, SpainAlbertí J.Balaguera A.Brodhag C.Fullana-i-Palmer P.UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Pujades 1, Barcelona, SpainFacultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 N° 30 – 65, Medellín, ColombiaÉcole des Mines de Saint-Étienne (EMSE), 158, cours Fauriel, CS 62362, Saint-Étienne Cedex, FranceCity definitionLife cycle perspectiveSustainability approachesSustainability indicatorsSustainability indicesUrban regionsEnvironmental impactLife cycleStandardsCity definitionLife cycle perspectivesSustainability indexSustainability indicatorsUrban regionsSustainable developmentassessment methodenvironmental impactknowledgelife cycle analysisstandardizationsustainabilityurban regioncityenvironmental impactenvironmental sustainabilityhumanlife cycle assessmentneighborhoodpopulation densitypriority journalReviewstandardurban areaThis article analyses whether existing LCA and sustainability methods can be used in the assessment of a city or an urban region. The approach is performed through the review of current existing LCA-based and sustainability standards and guidelines. A focus is put into those LCA-based standards specially designed for the built environment. Moreover, a review of non-LCA based standards, indices and guides for the assessment of the sustainability of countries, cities or urban regions is done. The purpose is to check if these assessment tools can provide good results in the absence of LCA-based assessments for cities and urban regions. This review demonstrates the lack of consensus in the definition of both, the city and its boundaries, which hinders the development of useful sustainability standards. Furthermore, it is concluded that current sustainability assessment tools miss, at least, one of these aspects: (i) holistic point of view, (ii) focus on various environmental impacts, (iii) a Life Cycle (LC) perspective, and (iv) the possibility to compare the results among different cities or urban regions. From the LCA perspective, the deficiencies found also include the need for a definition of the function, functional unit (FU), and reference flow (RF) of neighbourhoods, cities, and urban regions. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec11407/4319oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/43192020-05-27 17:52:31.07Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellinrepositorio@udem.edu.co

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