A Combined Urban Metabolism and Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Improve the Sustainability of Urban Hardscapes [Policy Brief]

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• Creators:
  Butt, Ali A ; Harvey, John T ; Kendall, Alissa ; Hui, Li ; Zhu, Yuxin
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) ; University of California, Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies ; Tongji University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Building materials
  • Built environment
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Metabolism
  • Paving materials
  • Precipitation (Meteorology)
  • Runoff
  • Urban areas
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.7922/G2N58JN3
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  California;United States
• Edition:
  Policy Brief
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC)
• Abstract:
  Streets, sidewalks, parking areas, plazas, and other paved surfaces cover large portions of urban areas. These urban hardscapes contribute significantly to cities’ resource consumption. Although urban hardscapes enable people and goods to move freely, they also have profound impacts on cities’ water, air quality, energy, and material use. Reducing the environmental impacts of hardscapes will be an important component of making cities more sustainable. The necessary first step is to quantify those impacts.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67274/dot_67274_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 690.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6b593abb0be17f89c4279d00f18c8f211054c61a603c17a6278566749adfddcfcbcd8d0734d19ca9396979b4941166fdb7652ac371d7bdd94b70bb3413ab11c8