Challenges of sustainability for Asian urbanisation

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-191

  Ooi, Giok Ling ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOUSING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SOCIAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 70449476761     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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