A sustainable city index for Malaysia

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Choon, Shay Wei ^a   Siwar, Chamhuri ^b   Pereira, Joy Jacqueline ^b   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^b   Hashim, Halimaton Saadiah ^b   Hadi, Abdul Samad ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

city; index; indicator; sensitivity analysis; sustainable city

Indexed keywords

INDEX METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 79951532221     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.543012     Document Type: Article

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