The current trend in US public housing redevelopment is to replace existing high-rise, high density 'projects' with new lower density, mixed-income communities. The underlying assumption is that mixing together market rate and public housing units will result in social interaction of low-income and middle-income families, which in turn is to provide greater opportunities and reduce social isola...

1474-0346/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.aei.2008.07.001 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 33664313; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (C.(S.-C. Kang), [email protected] (S.-H. Hsieh), rex@c This paper presents the experiences of improving an existing surveyor-training tool, called SimuSurvey, using a user-centered approach. As few users were involved during ...

A main challenge for the design and building of green and smart cities is the redevelopment of existing built environments. This research investigates the usefulness of urban district sustainability evaluation systems in informing and guiding urban redevelopment projects. The German DGNB Urban District (DGNB UD) sustainability assessment and certification system has been chosen among others due...