Fiorani, Viviane Miranda Araujo (2016) Building sites environmental compensations in urban areas: Focusing the anthropic environment. PhD thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
The success of sustainable development, universally recognized regarding the economic, environmental and social limitations it incorporates, is primarily dependent on sustainable construction. Being so, the reduction of environmental impacts by implementing effective policies during initial construction operations becomes all important, although not always possible. Compensatory measures are therefore proposed to minimize and counterbalance the losses incurred and restore the environmental conditions existing prior to impact. In concurrence, this research aims to elaborate a course of action which will compensate for impacts produced at building construction sites in urban areas by strict observance of the anthropic environment. This study comprises two phases: a theoretical basis covering a review of national and international references; and the elaboration of a proposal for environmental compensation. Also presented is a method of calculation using four indicators: noises, particulate matter emissions, damage to buildings and the utilization of public streets. Weighed factors, considering building site location, are used to give a graduated relevance to each indicator. These factors are calculated with the aid of questionnaires that seek to identify local necessities and applied to the neighborhood surrounding the site. As a result, the method produces a value ranging from 0 to 10 which determines the degree of compensation each project warrants. This calculated value is then discussed, with the objective of transforming it into effective compensation and discovering ways of supervising its implementation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Agopyan, Vahan |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building sites; environmental compensation; environmental impacts; environmental indicators; sustainable construction |
| Index terms: | environmental conditions, urban area, questionnaire, environmental impact, building site, sustainable development, building construction, particulate, proposal, sustainable construction, compensation, implementation, construction operation |
| Subjects: | environmental health, site and location studies, dispute resolution, data collection methods, building construction, sustainable construction, health safety and environment, urban form and morphology, contractual arrangements, construction operations, project planning, environmental science, environmental impact |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Health and Safety, Geographical Context, Project Management, Procurement, Sustainability, Urban Studies, Site Management, Research Practice, Construction Technology |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here