The UNESCO biosphere reserve concept as a tool for urban sustainability: The CUBES Cape Town case study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1023, Issue , 2004, Pages 80-104

  Stanvliet, R ^a   Jackson, J ^b   Davis, G ^c   De Swardt, C ^d   Mokhoele, J ^b   Thom, Q ^e   Lane, B D ^f  

^a CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^b City of Cape Town   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e Table Mountain National Park   (South Africa)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere reserve; Cape Town Case Study (CTCS)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; POVERTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 3242665082     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1319.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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