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dc.contributor.authorBrits, Andre
dc.contributor.authorBurke, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorLi, Terry
dc.contributor.editorPaul Burton, Heather Shearer
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-07T05:37:02Z
dc.date.available2018-03-07T05:37:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/123419
dc.description.abstractIntegrated sustainability assessments are being employed by planners to help decision-makers understand the long-term consequences of policy options. This paper describes an urban sustainability assessment framework first presented at SOAC 2011 and explores its use with practitioners on a real-world case study in Logan City, Queensland. The framework includes four stages, namely scoping; visioning; experimenting and assessment and includes the use of system condition indicators, agent-based modelling and multi-criteria assessment. The framework uses formal methods to ensure that system understanding and description, policy design and policy outcome evaluation and assessment are well-coordinated with each other, each deliberatively informing the others as they all co-evolve. The focus of the paper is on how such frameworks may be applied in Australian planning practice, using results from workshops held with Logan practitioners in 2014/15. Key results include how the framework and its outputs are perceived by planning actors. Findings suggest that system analysis, timely identification of stakeholder’s interests, the use of appropriate evaluation criteria, communication of modelling results and formal assessment all remain important. Tensions between the perceived rationality of the framework and how it connects with decision-making remain. But perhaps the most significant finding is the use of the framework in framing the integration problem by responding to five integrative functions: descriptive, evaluative, strategic, contextual and mutual.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherState of Australian Cities Research Network
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.acrn-soac.com.au/
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameSOAC 2015
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleState of Australian Cities Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2015-12-09
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2015-12-11
dc.relation.ispartoflocationGold Coast, Australia
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban Analysis and Development
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode120507
dc.titleUsing an Urban Sustainability Assessment Framework to Support Policy-making at a Neighbourhood Level
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
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gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2015. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the author(s).
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gro.griffith.authorBurke, Matthew I.
gro.griffith.authorLi, Terry
gro.griffith.authorBrits, Andre


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