Assessment of urban sustainability in collective residential neighborhoods A case study of the neighborhood of 400 dwellings in the city of M'sila

Abstract

Urban sustainability has become a prominent element in the discussion of urban policies and the expression of sustainability policy in planning and urban development decisions, as society has become more aware of the consequences of reckless urban development decisions, as well as the need to protect the environment from deterioration due to economic growth and irrational consumption of resources, as urban sustainability is seen as the main tool for this protection.
 In this context, this research paper aims to present a vision that leads to an attempt to reach an assessment of urban sustainability in collective residential neighborhoods in Algeria through a case study of one of the most important major neighborhoods in the city of M'sila, a neighborhood of 400 social housing.
 In view of the nature of our research, which is concerned with sustainability and its practices, policies and concepts in the world and at the national level, which by nature contain qualitative and quantitative data, and therefore we will use the integrated (mixed) research method as a method through which to measure.
 We will use the most famous American system, LEED-ND, to measure the sustainability of residential neighborhoods, because it contains many mandatory requirements and credits.
 The results of the research will determine the extent to which collective residential neighborhoods respond to environmental sustainability standards in Algeria, which will help in the future in redressing future urban development.