Developing Goals and Indicators for the Design of Sustainable and Integrated Transport Infrastructure and Urban Spaces

Liu Yang, Koen H. van Dam and Lufeng Zhang
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Liu Yang: School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, China
Koen H. van Dam: Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Lufeng Zhang: Center of Architecture Research and Design, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-34

Abstract: This paper aims to provide a framework for policy-makers and transportation and urban design professionals to evaluate alternative urban plans and infrastructure design, allowing them to select a set of locally relevant indicators to help assess scenarios considering sustainable development and overall system performance improvement in line with specific project goals. Using methods of systematic review, content analysis, multi-criteria analysis, and expert consultation, a three-level goal system is proposed, leading to the generation of 64 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), both qualitative and quantitative, and an indicator set of 227 items. To allow stakeholders to apply their own set of indicators, the approaches and tools of measuring these indicators as well as the ways of using this indicator set are presented to assist decision-makers in evaluating and choosing optimal plans and designs.

Keywords: transport system; urban spaces; sustainable design; evaluation; indicator system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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