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14 - Ontology-Based Integration of Urban Sustainability Indicators

from Part III - Perspectives on Urban Sustainability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2020

By
Emanuele Massaro ,
Aristide Athanassiadis ,
Achilleas Psyllidis  and
Claudia R. Binder
Edited by
Claudia R. Binder ,
Romano Wyss  and
Emanuele Massaro
Claudia R. Binder
Affiliation:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Romano Wyss
Affiliation:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Emanuele Massaro
Affiliation:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Summary

A wealth of indicators and indicator sets, structured in the form of standards (e.g., ISO, OECD, SDG Index, etc.), have been developed and proposed over the past decades to define and measure urban sustainability. Unfortunately, literature studies confirm that there is a lack of knowledge systematisation for such indicator sets in the sustainability assessment domain. In this chapter, we present and describe a formal representation of knowledge about sustainability indicators and their interrelationships, through the development of a domain ontology. To increase the potential for its adaptability and reuse, as well as to facilitate its continuous redevelopment, we make the developed ontology available online, through a dedicated web portal.

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ontologysustainable indicatorssustainability assessment
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Sustainability Assessment of Urban Systems , pp. 332 - 350
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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