The development of SUCCEED: urban sustainability assessment tool for developing countries with focus on Nigeria
Journal article
Momoh, J., Kangwa, J., Udeaja, C., Jin, R. and Seidu, D. R. (2021). The development of SUCCEED: urban sustainability assessment tool for developing countries with focus on Nigeria. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation. pp. 2398-4708. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2021-0049
Authors | Momoh, J., Kangwa, J., Udeaja, C., Jin, R. and Seidu, D. R. |
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Abstract | Purpose – Developing countries are currently on the verge of adopting principles used in achieving a sustainable urban future. As the urban population increases due to factors like urban–rural migration, increase in birth rate, migration, industrialisation, commercialisation, amongst others, there is a drastic need to adopt sustainability principles within urban spaces. To understand how sustainability can be achieved, there is a need to recognise how developed countries have designed assessment tools that work within their context which can inform how developing countries can work on their assessment tool. Urban neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools are used to reflect on the overall goal of the project and the most important indicators needed to be implemented within the project. Sustainability indicators are used to measure the levels and progress at which sustainability has been implemented within a project based on the data collected and these results can be used to make informed decisions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the development of urban sustainability assessment tool. Design/methodology/approach – This research investigates the techniques utilised in developing an urban sustainability assessment tool Sustainable Composite Cities Environmental Evaluation and Design (SUCCEED-ND) tool within the Nigerian context. The data instrument used includes a questionnaire survey that sampled 50 correspondents, and the results were used to develop an urban assessment tool tailored for the Findings – The findings used social, environmental, economic and planning sustainability dimensions in the design of the assessment tool which composes of 21 core sustainability indicators and 105 indicators to develop SUCCEED-ND tool. Originality/value – This work developed the first urban sustainability assessment tool for the Nigerian |
Keywords | Developing countries, Sustainability dimensions, Sustainable indicators, Urban development, Urban sustainability assessment |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation |
Journal citation | pp. 2398-4708 |
Publisher | Emerald |
ISSN | 2398-4708 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2021-0049 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2021-0049/full/html |
Publication dates | |
12 Oct 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 15 Sep 2021 |
Deposited | 04 Nov 2021 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8y98q
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