Towards the modeling of sustainability into urban planning: Using indicators to build sustainable cities

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 641-647

  Rosales, Natalie ^a,b  

^a Observatorio Mexicano de la Crisis   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mexico city case study; Sustainable cities; Urban planning, instruments for sustainability; Urban sustainability idicators

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MEXICO CITY; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84255192234     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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