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Our current patterns of resource consumption and urban lifestyles not only raise significant economic issues regarding affordability but also social concerns such as equity and poverty and environmental impacts such as deforestation and reductions in biodiversity. Inevitably, in resolving any one of these issues there are likely to be implications for the remaining areas of concern. Therefore, it is incumbent on everybody involved with the design, construction and operation of assets within the built environment to ensure that the implications of their choices across a broad spectrum of economic, social and environmental considerations are made explicit. Only in this way can the impacts of any necessary compromises and trade-offs be understood fully and a balance be achieved.
Clearly, achieving such a balance requires a systematic approach to be adopted that recognises both the nature and process of construction activity. This not only includes a need to understand the routes by which different impacts arise and their potential effect, but also at what point in the life cycle of a built asset they are likely to occur. This module provides an introduction to these issues and their potential consequences, and outlines approaches and tools that enable their relative significance to be evaluated.
This study pack consists of:
Study paper
Question paper and model answers
Study paper published January 2009
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