Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Land-use policy
Measure of a city's efforts to minimise the environmental and ecological
impact of urban development
Latin America; Asia;
Africa
Urban sprawl
Assessment of how rigorously a city promotes containment of urban sprawl
and reuse of brown ield areas
U.S. & Canada
Population living in informal
settlements
Percentage of the population living in informal settlements
Africa
Transport
Use of non-car transport
The total percentage of the working population travelling to work on public
transport, by bicycle and on foot
Europe; U.S. &
Canada
Size of non-car transport
network
Length of cycling lanes and the public transport network, in km per m
2
of
city area
Evaluation of availability of public transport, including length of public
transport network
Europe; U.S. &
Canada
Green transport promotion
An assessment of the extensiveness of efforts to increase the use of cleaner
transport
Europe; U.S. &
Canada
Length of mass transport
network
Composed of two sub-indicators: (1) total length of all train, tram, subway,
bus and other mass transport routes within the city's boundaries, measured
in terms of the area of the city (in km/km
2
); and (2) total length of all
superior modes of public transport, for example, Bus Rapid Transport BRT
System, trolleybus, tram, light rail and subway, measured in terms of the
area of the city (in km/km
2
)
Latin America; Asia;
Africa
Stock of cars and
motorcycles
Total stock of cars and motorcycles, with half-weighting allocated to
motorcycles, measured in terms of vehicles per person
Latin America
Urban mass transport policy
Measure of a city's efforts to create a viable mass transport system as an
alternative to private vehicles
Latin America; Asia;
Africa
Average commute time from
residence to work
Average commute time from residence to work, in minutes
U.S. & Canada
Congestion reduction policy
Measure of a city's efforts to reduce congestion
All
Source:
Khalil, H. (2012). Sustainable Urbanism: Theories and Green Rating Systems,
10th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference,
48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit
, Atlanta, GA.
