Integrating urban ecosystem sustainability assessment into policy-making: insights from the Gold Coast City

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buir.contributor.authorDizdaroğlu, Didem
buir.contributor.orcidDizdaroğlu, Didem|0000-0003-2501-4356
dc.citation.epage2006en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber11en_US
dc.citation.spage1982en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber59en_US
dc.contributor.authorDizdaroğlu, Didemen_US
dc.contributor.authorYigitcanlar, T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T10:46:04Z
dc.date.available2018-04-12T10:46:04Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Urban Design and Landscape Architectureen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces a policy-making support tool called ‘Micro-level Urban-ecosystem Sustainability IndeX (MUSIX)’. The index serves as a sustainability assessment model that monitors six aspects of urban ecosystems – hydrology, ecology, pollution, location, design, and efficiency – based on parcel-scale indicators. This index is applied in a case study investigation in the Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia. The outcomes reveal that there are major environmental problems caused by increased impervious surfaces from growing urban development in the study area. The findings suggest that increased impervious surfaces are linked to increased surface runoff, car dependency, transport-related pollution, poor public transport accessibility, and unsustainable built environment. This paper presents how the MUSIX outputs can be used to guide policy-making through the evaluation of existing policies.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09640568.2015.1103211en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1360-0559
dc.identifier.issn0964-0568
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/36618
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2015.1103211en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Environmental Planning and Managementen_US
dc.subjectComposite index sustainability assessment;;en_US
dc.subjectGold Coast Cityen_US
dc.subjectParcel-scale spatial analysisen_US
dc.subjectSustainability assessmenten_US
dc.subjectUrban ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.titleIntegrating urban ecosystem sustainability assessment into policy-making: insights from the Gold Coast Cityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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