Sustainable Communities: A Framework for Planning : Case Study of an Australian Outer Sydney Growth Area - Rauscher, Raymond Charles; Momtaz, Salim; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Chapter 1: Introduction to sustainability -- 1.1 Abstract -- 1.2 Introducing Sustainability Terms -- Chapter 2: Sustainability and Urban Planning -- 2.1: Abstract -- 2.2: Sustainability and ESD -- 2.3: ESD Related Documents -- 2.3.1 International -- 2.3.2 International Non-government Organisations (NGOs) -- 2.3.3 Commonwealth -- 2.3.4 New South Wales -- 2.4: ESD Based Urban Planning Frameworks -- 2.4.1 Land Use Planning -- 2.4.2 Natural Resource Planning -- 2.4.3 Sustainable Urban Planning -- Chapter 3: sustainable communities framework (SCF) -- 3.1: Abstract -- 3.2: SCF Structure -- Chapter 4: Data sources and indicators of sustainability -- 4.1: Abstract -- 4.2: Searching data sources -- 4.3: Indicators of Sustainability -- Chapter 5: Examining study area -- 5.1: Abstract -- 5.2: Background to Study Area -- 5.3: Study Area and Planning -- Chapter 6: Applying the framework to the natural environment -- 6.1: Abstract -- 6.2: Step 1 - Review ESD Related Documents -- 6.3: Step 2 - Selecting Indicators of Sustainability -- 6.4: Step 3 - Area Survey -- 6.5 Steps 4 and 5 - Complete Sustainability Score Cards and Sustainability Reports -- 6.6 Aggregating Sustainability Score Cards -- Chapter 7: Applying the framework to the built environment -- 7.1: Abstract -- 7.2: Step 1 - Review ESD Related Documents -- 7.3: Step 2 - Selecting Indicators of Sustainability -- 7.4: Step 3 - Survey Area -- 7.5: Step 4 - Completing a Sustainability Score Card -- 7.6: Step 5 - Adopting Sustainability Report -- 7.7 Aggregating Sustainability Score Cards -- Chapter 8: Future applications of sCF -- 8.1: Abstract -- 8.2: Overview of SCF Applications -- 8.3: Research to Expand SCF applications -- Appendices -- Appendix A: ESD principles built into eco-village design -- Appendix B: Sustainable urban planning web sites -- Glossary -- Index.
Keywords: Sustainable development; Regional planning; Urban planning; Social sciences; Geography; Sustainable Development; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Social Sciences, general; Geography, general