Assessment of the Sustainability Performance of Eco-Engineering Measures in the Mediterranean Region

Eco-engineering has a crucial role in defining and achieving the sustainability credentials of civil engineering project. Better eco-engineering practices would help better reducing adverse impacts on environment society, but also financial performance However, assessment effects strategies can be challenging, as treatment this topic been neglected scientific literature. The challenges lie balancing project delivery objectives with sustainable design that will ensure appropriate satisfactory environmental deliver social benefits such ecosystem services. In order to achieve practice advance knowledge field, there is need for broader analysis completed projects applied at different spatio-temporal scales. aim study was critically analyse 23 case studies provided by ECOMED partners using life cycle through single framework based relatively small set key indicators (KPIs), which reflect principles sustainability, are not contextual projects. twofold: (i) highlight areas best potential enhancement application strategies, (ii) propose refinement existing KPIs results suggest feasibility, mobilisation, long-term stages an most stages, while award, construction, monitoring could generally benefit from range enhancements including stemming double-loop learning common basis specification quantification resources needed apply strategies. outcomes decision makers practitioners alike terms only raising profile they involved in, more efficient cost-effective