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Q
qualification-based selection 36–37
quality of life 158
quantitative approaches, rating tools 88–89, 
91–92
R
rating tools 
see
building rating tools
rebound effect 74
recycling 65
Australia 335
construction 30
design methods 105
eco-solutions 240–241
electronic waste 300
US 238
refurbishment 27, 33, 34, 106
regional sustainability audits 131–146
EF analysis 132–135
MFA 135–140
SmartMode 140–141, 144–145
unjust enrichment 142–143
regional synergies 317
regions 44, 208–215, 211
regulations
environmental 5, 182, 191–192, 337
governments 27
land-use 47–48
resource expropriation 225, 227
renewable energy 56–57, 70
see also
solar energy; wind energy
renovation 
see
refurbishment

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reporting 272–273
residential density 46, 47, 55, 288, 289
see also
densification
resource allocation systems 220–221, 223, 227
resource autonomous buildings 15, 34
resource expropriation 225–227, 315
resource flows 212, 215, 259, 324, 325
see also
resource transfers
resource-intensive buildings 21
resources xv–xvi, 39, 188, 212, 221
resource transfer (RT) analysis 114, 130, 260, 
316
resource transfers 235–249
bioregional planning 212
brokering 185
design failure 248–249
eco-solutions 239, 240–242
efficiency 236–237
expropriations 225–227, 315
future to present 246
governance 226
mechanisms 145–146
nature to development 246–247
negative 340
negligence 243–244
planning 245
poor to rich 245–246
positive solutions 249–250
priority setting 238
public to private 22, 245
reversing 155, 235, 242–243
rural–urban 236–237
sustainability 144, 243
sustainability reporting 152–153, 158–159
see also
resource flows
responsibilities 254
responsible living 74
retail sales 30
retrofitting 
see
eco-retrofitting
reverse Trombe walls 279
reversible development 242–243
reversing resource transfers 155, 235, 242–243
rights 224, 254–255
Riverina Investments 335
roadmapping 166–172
road transport 45, 50–51, 52–54
roof greening 292–293
RT (resource transfer) analysis 114, 130, 260, 
316
rural areas 16, 334
rural–urban resource transfers 236–237
S
San Francisco, US 122
SAs 
see
sustainability assessments
scale, systems efficiency 56
Scandinavian cities 288
scenario planning 176–177
science roadmapping 167, 170
scientific integrity 153
SEAT (Supply-Chain Environmental Analysis 
Tool) 318
self-assessment, SmartMode 268–269
self-sufficiency, suburbs 56
sewage 136, 291
shopping malls 125, 128–129
sick building syndrome 28
silk industry 342
single function spaces 156
SmartMode 251–273
accountability 272–273
assessment 268–271, 294
auditing 132
constitution for decision-making 254–256
design goals 266–268
forensic audits 258–261
measurements 271
method selection 263–264
performance 272–273
planning 265–266
project objectives 257–258
quantitative analyses 144–145
sustainability concepts 252–254
systems boundaries 261–263
value-adding 140–141
Social Cities 288
social design goals 258
social equality 6
socially responsible investment 322
social status quo 129

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Positive Development
social sustainability xxi
social transformation 4, 228
SoE (state of environment) reporting 151, 320
soil 175, 338
solar energy 50, 56–57, 70, 100–103, 299, 310
solar ponds 279
solar technologies 143
solar thermal power 299
space
cities 55, 288
cost 114
dead 103, 196
design 60
ecological (ES) 56, 59–60, 196, 197, 266
eco-services 16, 103–104
environmental 134, 271
measuring 59–60
negative 47, 144, 271
negative view of 44
open 55, 59, 60
rural 16
single function 156
suburbs 49
use 57