Sustainable development evaluation of London

From the example of sustainability assessment in Britain in recent years, sustainability assessment is an independent evaluation process which is carried out simultaneously with urban planning. In the evaluation of city planning, people in various aspects of an independent assessment team assessed the planning results of the main stage, then made formation of sustainability assessment report to the city planning team to modify and adjust the contents of city planning the next stage.

Through the analysis and summary of the sustainable development strategy of British urban planning, we can get following ideas:

(1) From more than 10 years to implement the strategy of sustainable development in Britain, sustainable development could possibly breakthrough in the field of city planning.

(2) With the strategic and comprehensive strengthening of urban planning, the role of urban planning and its policies has become increasingly powerful in the implementation of the national strategy.

(3) The strategy of sustainable development will also bring opportunities to the development of urban planning itself. To develop specific city planning from the national planning policy, local city planning, sustainable development may bring new ideas, new perspective and new thinking. Combined with the practice of creative city planning, they may promote the development of city planning theory, and method of the new exploration and sustainable development strategies as well.

Reference: Great London Authority. Sustainability Appraisal of London Plan[Z]. 2004.