Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment

Content: List of Contributors x     Acknowledgements xii      1 Initiative and Obsolescence in Sustainable Development 1     1.1 Introduction 1     1.2 Section 1: World views and values 3     1.3 Section 2: Design and evaluation tools and technology 5     1.4 Section 3: Engaging with practice, stakeholders and management 8     1.5 Initiative and obsolescence 10     1.6 Final statement 13     References 13           Section 1: World Views and Values 15     2 Cities of Tomorrow: Five Crucibles of Change 17     2.1 Exordium 17     2.2 Disquisition 20     2.3 Propositum 36     References 39      3 Going Beyond Sustainability: Changing Views, Changing Ways 40     3.1 Introduction 40     3.2 What lies beyond sustainability? 41     3.3 Changing views: Transforming story, transforming thought 44     3.4 Changing self: Transforming knowledge into wisdom 48     3.5 Changing ways: Transforming practice 50     3.6 Conclusions 52     Acknowledgements 53     References 54           4 Transition Towards a Post Carbon City     Does Resilience Matter? 55     4.2 Cities and climate change 57     4.3 Approaches to sustainable development 60     4.4 Concluding remarks 65     Acknowledgements 66     References 67      5 Sustainable Urban Development     Where Are You Now? 69     5.1 Introduction 69     5.2 Establishing the BEQUEST network 70     5.3 Building the BEQUEST team 70     5.4 The legacy of BEQUEST 73     5.5 Defining SUD 75     5.6 The diffusion of SUD 77     5.7 The framing of and tools for SUD 78     5.8 Expansion/dilution of SUD 80     5.9 Elaborating, not extending, SUD 81     5.10 Conclusions 83     References 86      Section 2: Design and Evaluation Tools and Technology 91     6 Crowdsourcing Public Participation in Sustainable     Built Environment Development: The Democratisation of Expertise 93     6.1 Introduction 93     6.2 The context of sustainable built environment development 94     6.3 Background to technology   enabled public participation 96     6.4 The potential of virtual reality 98     6.5 Using virtual reality as a crowdsourcing approach to public participation in urban planning 101     6.6 Summary 103     References 104      7 2050     The Invisible Future 108     7.1 The future 108     7.2 What future? 109     7.3 The present and the future 111     7.4 Future city in 2050 112     7.5 Invisible BIM 2050 120     7.6 Constraints to the vision 122     References 123      8 The Role of Carbon in Sustainable Development 125     8.1 Introduction 125     8.2 Operational and embodied carbon in construction 126     8.3 Estimating OC and EC 129     8.4 Shifting of focus 140     8.5 Drivers and barriers in managing carbon emissions in construction 144     8.6 Need for carbon estimating in construction 148     8.7 Future trends 149     8.8 Conclusions 150     Acknowledgements 151     References 151      9 Supporting Risk Assessment in Building Resilient Cities 155     9.1 Introduction 155     9.2 Theoretical framework for capturing the degree of vulnerability of a place 156     9.3 Local risk assessment process 156     9.4 Multi   agency collaboration and community engagement 158     9.5 Technology platforms for interactive risk assessment 159     9.6 Conclusion 161     References 161      10 Towards an Intelligent Digital Ecosystem     Sustainable Data   driven Design Futures 164     10.1 Introduction 164     10.2 Changing role of    design    for sustainable futures 165     10.3 Emerging concepts, challenges and trends 165     10.4 The rise of big data 167     10.5 From green to smart: New focus/new metrics 168     10.6 Predicted versus actual performance 169     10.7 Towards a digital ecosystem     Scenarios for implementation 173     10.8 Conclusions: Future value propositions 176     References 177      11 Smart Cities Case Study     The Nottingham Experience 179     11.1 Background 179     11.2 Remourban 180     11.3 Nottingham case study 181     11.4 Integrated infrastructures 189     11.5 Discussion on added value 190     References 191      Section 3: Engaging with Practice, Stakeholders and Management 193     12 Value   oriented Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework 195     12.1 Stakeholder engagement in sustainable development 195     12.2 Approaches to stakeholder engagement 196     12.3 Value   oriented approach of stakeholder engagement in sustainable development 198     12.4 Process of the value   oriented stakeholder engagement approach 201     12.5 Using SNA to analyse stakeholder interrelationships 202     12.6 The conceptual framework and its potential applications 208     12.7 Conclusions 208     Acknowledgements 210     References 210      13 Sustainability in Practice in the United Kingdom     A Reflective Analysis 213     13.1 Introduction 213     13.2 Method 215     13.3 Reflective analysis 215     13.4 Property Tectonics 215     13.5 Economics, investment and finance 217     13.6 National grid pressures 218     13.7 Waste recycling 219     13.8 Lifespan software 220     13.9 Energy management in social housing 221     13.10 Energy Company Obligation 226     13.11 Compliance and warranties 226     13.12 Conclusion 229     References 229   14 Understanding Value Generation in Complex Urban     Regeneration Projects 231     14.1 The context: Social housing projects in Brazil 231     14.2 Management of urban regeneration projects 232     14.3 Value generation 233     14.4 Research method 235     14.5 Main results 237     14.6 Discussion and conclusions 248     References 250      15 Integrating Sustainable Urban Development 252     15.1 Problem realisation 252     15.2 Towards a solution 254     15.3 Globalisation and virtualisation 256     15.4 The city and its hinterland 257     15.5 Towards better governance structures 261     15.6 Mind the skills gap 263     References 266     Further reading 266      16 Sustainability     The Role of Construction Contracts 268     16.1 Introduction 268     16.2 The JCT consultation 271     16.3 Specification or contract conditions 273     16.4 JCT standard form contracts and sustainability 276     16.5 The framework objectives 276     16.6 The provider   s supply chain 276     16.7 Sustainable development and environmental considerations 277     16.8 Aspirational or legally binding provisions 278     16.9 The future 281     16.10 Conclusion 282     References 284      17 Transforming Communication and Decision   making Practices for Sustainable Renewal of Urban Transport Infrastructure 285     17.1 Introduction 285     17.2 Aim, objectives and methods of study 287     17.3 Sustainable renewal of urban transport infrastructure 288     17.4 Analysis of key issues in urban transport renewal 292     17.5 Findings and discussion 298     17.6 Conclusion 300     References 301      18 Rethinking the Role of Time in Sustainable Urban Development 306     18.1 Introduction 306     18.2 Why time? 307     18.3 Planning with time 308     18.4 Time as a linking factor. Hermann Dooyeweerd   s philosophy of the law idea 312     18.5 The grave of time. Why current planning approaches fail 314     18.6 Summary 316     18.7 A future challenge 316     References 317      19 Suggestions for Future Sustainability: Philosophical and Practical 319     19.1 Sustainability 319     19.2 Dooyeweerd   s philosophy 323     19.3 The longer view 333     19.4 The importance of attitudes and beliefs to sustainability 336     19.5 Conclusion 341     References 342     Index 344