Reconceptualising urbanism, ecology and networked infrastructures

Social Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-95

  Swilling, Mark ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

resource flows; sustainability; urban infrastructure; urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957831342     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: 19407874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2011.569997     Document Type: Article

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