Journal article
Assessing the sustainability of small wastewater systems. A context-oriented planning approach
Planning and Management of the Built Environment, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Planning, Technical University of Denmark2
Section for Planning and Management of Building Processes, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
The authors present a planning tool for comparing and assessing the sustainability of different wastewater systems. The core of the planning tool is an assessment method based on both technical and social elements. The point of departure is that no technique is inherently sustainable or ecological in itself, but that the sustainability of the total system of technologies for a particular settlement in a given location must be assessed in a holistic and transparent manner.
A pilot case is used to demonstrate the structure and the results of the assessment method. The assessment method is still under development, and this paper discusses crucial points in the development of the method. Ó 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2000 |
| Pages: | 347-357 |
| ISSN: | 18736432 and 01959255 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0195-9255(00)00046-9 |
| ORCIDs: | Nielsen, Susanne Balslev and Mikkelsen, Peter Steen |
