Climate Adaptation Tools for Sustainable Settlements (CATSS)

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APPENDIX 2

Desktop Review References

 

BEDP National Sustainable Settlement Policy (2009), Australian Council of Built Environment Design Professionals http://www.bedp.asn.au/settlement/

BEQUEST Toolkit v.1.0 (2001) http://research.scpm.salford.ac.uk/bqtoolkit/index2.htm

Bordeau, L., & Nibel, S. (2004) CRISP: A European thematic network on construction and city related sustainability indicators. Final Report – Publishable part, The European Commission, Energy Environment and Sustainable Development.

Cable, F. (2008) Sustainable Neighborhood Rating Systems: An International Comparison, paper presented at:Council for European Urbanism Third International Congress, Oslo, Norway. http://www.cityclimate.no/

Commonwealth of Australia (2009) State of the environment (SoE) reporting,
http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/

England, Phillipa (2008) Climate Change law for planners, developers, local government and greenies: A quick stock take and some ideas for the future, Urban Research Program Research Paper 16, Griffith University.
http://www.griffith.edu.au/environment-planning-architecture/urban-research-program/publications/research-papers-11-20

Foliente, G., Seo, S. & Tucker, S. (2004) A Guide to Environmental Design and Assessment Tools, Environment Design Guide, February 2004, GEN 57, The Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Foliente, G. Tucker, S. Seo, S. Hall, M. and Boxhall, P. Clark, M. Mellon, R. and Larsson, N. (2007) Performance Assessment, in Your Building
http://www.yourbuilding.org/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?p=83&id=1583

Füssel, H.M. (2007) Adaptation Planning for Climate Change: Concepts, Assessment Approaches, and Key Lessons Sustainability Science 2: 265-275.

Fyfe, J., McGee, C., Milne, G., Usher, J., Asker, S. & Mitchell, C. (2009) National sustainability assessment methodology for urban development: scoping study. Prepared for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney.

Hansen Partnerships and Sustainable Built Environments (2007) Sustainability Assessment in the Planning Process, Investigation Report for the Victorian Local Sustainability Accord Project Municipalities of Port Phillip, Darebin and Moreland.

Hurley, J. & Horne, R. (2006) Review and Analysis of Tools for the Implementation and Assessment of Sustainable Urban Development, EIANZ 2006, Adelaide, Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand.

Hurley, J, Horne, R. & Grant, T. (2007) Ecological Footprint as an Assessment Tool for Urban Development, State of Australian Cities Conference, University of South Australia. http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_built_environments/ecological_footprint_as_an_assessment_tool_for_urban_development

Hyde, R., Moore, R., Kavanagh, L., Schianetz, K., Prasad, D., Blair, J., Watt, M.,  Bayada, B. & Hair, A. (2007) Planning and Design Standard for Improving Sustainability of Neighbourhoods and Precincts, CRC for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd.

Iyer-Raniga, U.,  and Wasiluk, K., (2007) Sustainability Rating Tools – A snapshot study, Environment Design Guide, February 2007, DES 70, The Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Julien, Aurore (2009) BREEAM Vs LEED – Assessing the Assessor, Sustain Magazine Vol 9 No 6 pp 30-33, McLelland Publishing, Manchester UK.

Laukkonen, J., Kim Blanco, P., Lenhart, J., Keiner, M., Cavric, B., Kinuthia-Njenga, C. (2009) Combining climate change adaptation and mitigation measures at the local level, Habitat International 33 287-292.

Morton, S.R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Lindenmayer, D.B., Harriss Olson, M., Hughes, L., McCulloch, M.T., McIntyre, S., Nix, H.A., Prober, S.M., Saunders, D.A., Anderson, A.N., Burgman, M.A., Lefroy, E.C., Lonsdale, W.M., Lowe, I, McMichael, A.J., Parslow, J.S., Steffen, W., Williams, J.E. & Woinarski, J.C.Z. (2009) The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia, Austral Ecology 34, 1-9.

Newton, P. & Pham, L. (2007) The Challenges of Environmental Sustainability Assessment, Proceedings of Building Australia’s Future Conference, Gold Coast.

Oswald, P., Barnett, G., James, M and Nakanishi, H. (2008) Planning the Sustainable Urban Renewal of East Lake – Scoping Sustainability Appraisal Methods, Extension Project - Final Report (Unpublished), CSIRO National Research Flagships Climate Adaptation, for the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Palich, N. (2007) Sustainability Assessment in the Planning Process – a Local Perspective, Environment Design Guide, August 2007, GEN 20, The Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

PETUS – Practical Evaluation Tools for Urban Sustainability  
http://www.petus.eu.com/

Platt, R.H. (2004) Towards Ecological Cities, Environment; June 2004; 46,5; Research Library pp. 10

Rating Tools Rundown (2007) RMIT Centre for Design. http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_built_environments/rating_tools_rundown 

Roy, Manoj (2009) Planning for sustainable urbanisation in fast growing cities: Mitigation and adaptation issues addressed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Habitat International 33 276-286

Saavedra C., Budd, W. (2009) Climate change and environmental planning: Working to build community resilience and adaptive capacity in Washington State, USA, Habitat International 33, 246-252.

Saunders, Thomas (2008) A Discussion Document Comparing International Environmental Assessment Methods for Buildings, BRE Global. http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=101

Sharing Climate Adaptation Tools:  Improving decision-making for development (2007) Institute for Development Studies, International Institute for Sustainable Development. http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=872

Sheppard, S., Pond, E. & Campbell, C.(2008) Low-carbon, Attractive, Resilient Communities: New Imperatives for Sustainable Retrofitting of Existing Neighbourhoods, paper presented at:Council for European Urbanism Third International Congress, Oslo, Norway. http://www.cityclimate.no/

Steffen, W. (2009) Climate Change 2009 - Faster Change & More Serious Risks, Australian Commonwealth Department of Climate Change.

Survey of Australian Legal Responses to Climate Change – Draft Working Paper Environmental Defender’s Office WA Inc. (2008)  http://www.edowa.org.au/

Survey of International Legal Responses to Climate Change – Draft Working Paper Environmental Defender’s Office WA Inc. (2008)  http://www.edowa.org.au/

Walker, B. & Salt, D.(2006) Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World, Island Press, Washington, DC.

Your Development (2008) Tools and rating systems for land developers,
http://yourdevelopment.org/factsheet/view/id/55



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