Resilience and sustainability in US urban areas

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-584

  Pierce, J C ^a   Budd, W W ^b   Lovrich Jr , N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Political culture; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POVERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960778214     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.589580     Document Type: Article

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