Benchmarking sustainability in cities: The role of indicators and future scenarios

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 245-254

  Boyko, Christopher T ^a   Gaterell, Mark R ^b   Barber, Austin R G ^c   Brown, Julie ^c   Bryson, John R ^c   Butler, David ^d   Caputo, Silvio ^b   Caserio, Maria ^e   Coles, Richard ^e   Cooper, Rachel ^a   Davies, Gemma ^f   Farmani, Raziyeh ^d   Hale, James ^c   Hales, A Chantal ^c   Hewitt, C Nicholas ^f   Hunt, Dexter V L ^c   Jankovic, Lubo ^e   Jefferson, Ian ^c   Leach, Joanne M ^c   Lombardi, D Rachel ^c   MacKenzie, A Robert ^f   Memon, Fayyaz A ^d   Pugh, Thomas A M ^f   Sadler, John P ^c   Weingaertner, Carina ^c   Whyatt, J Duncan ^f   Rogers, Christopher D F ^c   more..

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indicators; Regeneration; Scenarios; Sustainability; Toolkit; Urban Futures

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855998298     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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