This report is the consolidated work of an interdisciplinary course project in CEE494/598, CON598, and SOS598, Urban Infrastructure Anatomy and Sustainable Development. In Fall 2012, the course at Arizona State University used sustainability research frameworks and life-cycle assessment methods to evaluate the comprehensive benefits and costs when transit-oriented development is infilled along the proposed light rail transit line expansion. In each case, and in every variation of possible future scenarios, there were distinct life-cycle benefits from both developing in more dense urban structures and reducing automobile travel in the process.
Results from the report are superseded by our publication in Environmental Science and Technology.
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- Smart Growth Along the Proposed Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Lines Can Reduce Future Urban Energy Consumption and Environmental Impacts
- Chester, Mikhail Vin (Author)
- Bosfield, Roberta (Author)
- Celoza, Amelia (Author)
- Christian, Keith (Author)
- Flores, Gilbert (Author)
- Francis, Nick (Author)
- Fraser, Andrew (Author)
- Furcini, Ryan (Author)
- Garikapati, Madhav (Author)
- Johnson, Sam (Author)
- Kaehr, Andrew (Author)
- Kimball, Mindy (Author)
- Nahlik, Matthew (Author)
- Prado, Valentina (Author)
- Rostain, Drew (Author)
- Xu, Minghao (Author)
- Yu, Andy (Author)
- Arizona State University. School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (Contributor)
- Arizona State University. Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management (Contributor)
- Identifier ValueSSEBE-CESEM-2012-CPR-013