Ron Vreeker is Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mark Deakin is Senior Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at the School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK. Stephen Curwell is Professor of Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.

• 1. Introduction Part 1: The Toolkit 2. The Toolkit for Assessment Part 2: Assessment 3. Scenario Analysis in Spatial Impact Assessment 4. Multi-Criteria Evaluation and Planning Support: Choosing Among Alternative Scenarios 5. Mixed and Compact Land Use Assessments 6. SMARTNET: A System for Multi-Criteria Appraisal of Road Transport Networks 7. The NAR Model of Land Use and Buildings 8. The Building Passport Assessment 9. The European HQE²R Sustainable Neighbourhood Assessment 10. The REGEN Assessment of the Porta Nuova District's Central Railway Station 11. Assessment Methods Underlying the Planning and Development of Modena City’s CSR Part 3: Evaluating the Sustainability of Urban Development 12. The Search for Sustainable Communities: Ecological Integrity, Equity and the Question of Participation 13. Governing the Sustainable of Urban Development 14. Conclusions

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