Sustainability Assessment of the New Residential Projects in the Baltic States: A Multiple Criteria Approach
Sustainability 2018
Laura Tupenaite, Arturas Kaklauskas, Irene Lill, Ineta Geipele, Jurga Naimaviciene, Loreta Kanapeckiene, Linda Kauskale

Housing is one of the most important public priorities affecting urban development and therefore has a significant impact on sustainable development. A housing project can be regarded as sustainable only when all the dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social) are dealt with. The aim of the present article is to propose an integrated, hierarchy-based, multiple-criteria approach for the sustainability assessment of new residential development projects, which is achieved through the accomplishment of three objectives. First, this paper proposes an original framework for a multiple-criteria assessment of new residential projects. Second, the proposed methodology is demonstrated in the assessment of nine residential development projects in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia according to a hierarchical system of 53 sustainability indicators developed specifically for the Baltic context. Finally, based on the research results, the paper proposes recommendations to stakeholders for enhancing the performance of new residential projects according to the principles of sustainability. The proposed sustainability assessment approach is not limited to the Baltic States and can also be used in other countries, applying the adapted sustainability assessment indicators.


Keywords
sustainability assessment; indicators; residential projects; multiple criteria approach; ranking; Baltic States
DOI
10.3390/su10051387
Hyperlink
http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/5/1387

Tupenaite, L., Kaklauskas, A., Lill, I., Geipele, I., Naimaviciene, J., Kanapeckiene, L., Kauskale, L. Sustainability Assessment of the New Residential Projects in the Baltic States: A Multiple Criteria Approach. Sustainability, 2018, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp.1-21. e-ISSN 2071-1050. Available from: doi:10.3390/su10051387

Publication language
English (en)
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