[HTML][HTML] Urban sustainability assessment: An overview and bibliometric analysis

A Sharifi - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Following the recognition of the significance of urban areas for achieving sustainable
development in the late 1980′ s, first studies on 'urban sustainability assessment'were …

Data envelopment analysis application in sustainability: The origins, development and future directions

H Zhou, Y Yang, Y Chen, J Zhu - European journal of operational research, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustainable development and sustainability assessment have been of great interest to both
academe and practitioners in the past decades. In this study, we review the literature on data …

Review of sustainability indices and indicators: Towards a new City Sustainability Index (CSI)

K Mori, A Christodoulou - Environmental impact assessment review, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to discuss conceptual requirements for a City Sustainability
Index (CSI) and to review existing major sustainability indices/indicators in terms of the …

Urban metabolism: A review of research methodologies

Y Zhang - Environmental pollution, 2013 - Elsevier
Urban metabolism analysis has become an important tool for the study of urban ecosystems.
The problems of large metabolic throughput, low metabolic efficiency, and disordered …

A review of limitations of GDP and alternative indices to monitor human wellbeing and to manage eco-system functionality

BF Giannetti, F Agostinho, CMVB Almeida… - Journal of cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The misuse of Gross Domestic Product as a measure of public wellbeing results
from the idea that economic growth is always synonymous with enhanced quality of life …

Application of life cycle thinking towards sustainable cities: A review

A Petit-Boix, P Llorach-Massana… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Defining sustainable cities is not straightforward. The main issues involved in urban
sustainability are buildings, energy, food, green areas and landscape, mobility, urban …

[HTML][HTML] Índices versus indicadores: precisões conceituais na discussão da sustentabilidade de países

R Siche, F Agostinho, E Ortega, A Romeiro - Ambiente & sociedade, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
O desenvolvimento sustentável é, hoje em dia, um dos principais desafios a ser enfrentado
por todos os países do globo. Busca-se um desenvolvimento com crescimento econômico …

Sustainability of nations by indices: Comparative study between environmental sustainability index, ecological footprint and the emergy performance indices

JR Siche, F Agostinho, E Ortega, A Romeiro - Ecological economics, 2008 - Elsevier
The present work makes a comparison between the two most used environmental
sustainability indices of nations:“ecological footprint” and “environmental sustainability …

A review of urban metabolism studies to identify key methodological choices for future harmonization and implementation

D Beloin-Saint-Pierre, B Rugani, S Lasvaux… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
The concept of urban metabolism has often been used to model and analyze urban regions
to provide insights on their environmental sustainability. However, no consensus exists on …

Green economic efficiency and productivity for sustainable development in China: A ray epsilon-based measure model analysis

R Mo, H Huang, J Zhang, Y Liu, X Zhao - Environmental Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Improving green economic efficiency (GEE) and productivity are crucial for China to realize
sustainable development goals. However, the economic growth of China has followed an …