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Measures to assess wellbeing in low-carbon-dioxide cities. / Boyko, Christopher; Cooper, Rachel; Cooper, Cary.
In: Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, Vol. 168, No. 4, 02.2015, p. 185-195.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measures to assess wellbeing in low-carbon-dioxide cities
AU - Boyko, Christopher
AU - Cooper, Rachel
AU - Cooper, Cary
N1 - Date of Acceptance : 17/12/14 © 2015 Thomas Telford Ltd
PY - 2015/2
Y1 - 2015/2
N2 - Policies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions often focus on the need to change existing behaviours and social practises as well as to provide technological advance in energy supply, waste waste, transport, industry and infrastructure. While fundamentally important to the mitigation of climate change, little is written about the impact that achieving carbon reduction targets, particularly for the built environment, will have on individual and societal wellbeing and quality of life. This article investigates how a set of measures can be developed to assess wellbeing in cities, both as they are at present and as they transition to low-carbon futures. It outlines the important relationship between wellbeing, low-carbon development and the built environment. A strategy for obtaining and assessing wellbeing measures is explained, the measures are discussed and 100 selected measures are detailed. The article ends by illustrating how these measures can be integrated into a wider study of wellbeing
AB - Policies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions often focus on the need to change existing behaviours and social practises as well as to provide technological advance in energy supply, waste waste, transport, industry and infrastructure. While fundamentally important to the mitigation of climate change, little is written about the impact that achieving carbon reduction targets, particularly for the built environment, will have on individual and societal wellbeing and quality of life. This article investigates how a set of measures can be developed to assess wellbeing in cities, both as they are at present and as they transition to low-carbon futures. It outlines the important relationship between wellbeing, low-carbon development and the built environment. A strategy for obtaining and assessing wellbeing measures is explained, the measures are discussed and 100 selected measures are detailed. The article ends by illustrating how these measures can be integrated into a wider study of wellbeing
KW - Buildings
KW - structures and design
KW - Public health/social impact
U2 - 10.1680/udap.14.00029
DO - 10.1680/udap.14.00029
M3 - Journal article
VL - 168
SP - 185
EP - 195
JO - Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning
JF - Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning
SN - 1755-0793
IS - 4
ER -