The virtuous cycle: Incremental changes and a process-based sustainable development

Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-274

  Newman, Lenore ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Networks; Pedestrian zones; Social capital; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

GRASSROOTS LEVEL; PEDESTRIANIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547749822     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.317     Document Type: Article

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