The social dimension of sustainable development: Defining urban social sustainability

Sustainable Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Dempsey, Nicola ^a   Bramley, Glen ^b   Power, Sinéad ^c   Brown, Caroline ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Community; Social equity; Social sustainability; Sustainable development; Urban form

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053299272     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.417     Document Type: Article

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