title: Life cycle assessment in the environmental impact evaluation of urban development--a case study of land readjustment project, Hyogo District, Japan.
abstract: In this paper, the Life Cycle of Urban Development was firstly analyzed, and the phases of Life Cycle Assessment applied to Urban Development (ULCA) were described. As a case study, ULCA was applied in the environmental impact assessment of the land readjustment project of Hyogo District of Saga, Japan. In addition, mitigation proposals for reducing CO(2) were also presented and the relevant environmental effects were simulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. gejian@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hokao
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D002947:Cities; D003132:Commerce; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D007564:Japan; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide