Sustainability begins at home? An ecological exploration of sub/urban Australian community-focused housing initiatives

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-535

  Crabtree, Louise ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cities; Ecology; Ecosystems; Resilience; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable livelihoods; Urban design

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HOUSING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644858529     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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