Contested Construction of Green Building Codes in North America: The Case of the Alley Flat Initiative Export

@article{citeulike:6055504, abstract = {Building codes are both an index of social values and a strategy to enforce those values. On these grounds an examination is made of the emergence of green building codes in North America as a category of building codes that is particularly important for sustainable development. The classical definition of sustainability proposes that multiple, competing frames of interpretation--economic development, environmental protection and social equity--can, in theory, be balanced. It is found, however, that in practice equity is generally ignored. Through historical and theoretical investigation, it is hypothesised that codes which are successful in incorporating equity as a criterion emerge from public talk and social learning, not abstract speculation. The paper concludes by articulating a change-oriented research design for an ongoing project to test this hypothesis. 10.1177/0042098009346327}, author = {Moore, Steven A. and Wilson, Barbara B.}, citeulike-article-id = {6055504}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098009346327}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://usj.sagepub.com/content/46/12/2617.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://usj.sagepub.com/content/46/12/2617.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0042098009346327}, journal = {Urban Stud}, keywords = {12, 46, issue, studies, urban, vol}, month = {November}, number = {12}, pages = {2617--2641}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 07:45:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Contested Construction of Green Building Codes in North America: The Case of the Alley Flat Initiative}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098009346327}, volume = {46}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6055504 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6055504 N2 - Building codes are both an index of social values and a strategy to enforce those values. On these grounds an examination is made of the emergence of green building codes in North America as a category of building codes that is particularly important for sustainable development. The classical definition of sustainability proposes that multiple, competing frames of interpretation--economic development, environmental protection and social equity--can, in theory, be balanced. It is found, however, that in practice equity is generally ignored. Through historical and theoretical investigation, it is hypothesised that codes which are successful in incorporating equity as a criterion emerge from public talk and social learning, not abstract speculation. The paper concludes by articulating a change-oriented research design for an ongoing project to test this hypothesis. 10.1177/0042098009346327 IS - 12 JF - Urban Stud EP - 2641 TI - Contested Construction of Green Building Codes in North America: The Case of the Alley Flat Initiative VL - 46 SP - 2617 KW - 12 KW - 46 KW - issue KW - studies KW - urban KW - vol AU - Moore, Steven AU - Wilson, Barbara PY - 2009/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098009346327 ER -