Does design matter? The ecological footprint as a planning tool at the local level

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-224

  Moos, Markus ^a,c   Whitfield, Jason ^b   Johnson, Laura C ^a   Andrey, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Rocky Mountain Environmental Services   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745282679     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574800600644381     Document Type: Article

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