There is a large amount of research being undertaken on sustainability and urban infrastructure. However, there is a lack of evaluation on what are often very good and useful projects, whose lessons can be transferred to other parts of Europe. There is a growing debate over conceptual models associated with sustainable development and indicators of sustainability.

The project team had previously worked together for about four years, assessing a range of case studies carried about by local authorities and other government organizations. This revealed a lack of proper evaluation, which led to uncertainty over the success of projects and a difficulty in assessing their transferability.

PETUS has been developed to help people who are involved with or affected by different kinds of infrastructure projects, taking environmental, economic and social impacts into consideration. Information and data are presented for different levels of action. Time and space scales of urban infrastructure projects have been considered in order to provide information for various types of stakeholders concerned by different aspects of the project.

The Practical Evaluation Tool for Urban Sustainability (PETUS) project is funded by the European Commission within the EU 5th Framework Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development programme, Key Action “City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage” and involves cross disciplinary experiences of eight partners from different countries across Europe.

Welsh School of Architecture, University of Wales (Cardiff)
Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue
CF10 3NB Cardiff, Wales
United Kingdom
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/
Joanne Patterson (PETUS Contact Person), tel. +44 (0)29 20875977

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Welsch School of Architecture, University of Wales (Cardiff)

research

Urban Policy > Urban environment

Environmental sustainability