From fail-safe to safe-to-fail: Sustainability and resilience in the new urban world

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-343

  Ahern, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive planning and design; Non equilibrium; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

ADAPTIVE PLANNING; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PLANNING AND DESIGN; RESILIENCE; SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE; URBAN CONDITIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 79953047645     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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