Transition towards sustainable cities: Opportunities, constraints,and strategies in planning. A neighbourhood ecodesign case study in Barcelona

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1118-1134

  Farreny, Ramon ^a,b   Solá, Jordi Oliver ^a,b   Montlleó, Marc ^c   Escribà, Enric ^c   Gabarrell, Xavier ^a,b   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Barcelona Regional   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79958809240     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43551     Document Type: Article

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