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BREEAM Communities
BREEAM Communities is an Sustainability assessment tool for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of neighbourhood scale building developments. Developed by the Building Research Establishment, first published in 2007 and updated in 2012, BREEAM Communities has been used to certify x developments [cite] in many countries including the UK, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands [cite].

Several European countries have developed their own local versions of BREEAM Communities managed by national scheme operators (NSOs). These include BREEAM NL Communities (Netherlands), BREEAM ES Urbanismo (Spain)

Structure
BREEAM Communities assesses neighbourhood sustainability in several different areas, organised into five themes [cite]. These are as follows:


 * Governance
 * Social and economic wellbeing
 * Resources and energy
 * Land use and ecology
 * Transport and movement

Each of these themes are divided into between four and 17 criteria. These criteria describe in more detail the assessment issue.

Each criteria has a number of associated indicators. These indicators provide measurable targets for assessment.