Tools for measuring progress towards sustainable neighborhood environments

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-627

  Karol, Elizabeth ^a   Brunner, Julie ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Housing sustainability; Measurement tools; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856911267     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1030612     Document Type: Article

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