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Article: Factors and priorities for assessing sustainability of regional shopping centres in the UK.(Report)
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- Architectural Science Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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Abstract: Since the mid-1990s, the growing importance of sustainability has stimulated the development of a number of tools using sustainability indicators (SIs). SIs aim to track progress and thus lead to active choices and changes related to the built environment. Regional shopping centres in the UK consist of a complex amalgam of energy consumption, existing buildings and transport systems. No systems at present address the issue of sustainability for regional shopping centres, taking into consideration their whole life span. This paper defines the potential problem of complexity and subjectivity in selecting effective SIs. Such complexity occurs when stakeholders try ...