Assessing urban sustainability from a social democratic perspective: a thematic approach

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-73

  Davidson, Kathryn M ^a   Kellett, Jon ^a   Wilson, Lou ^a   Pullen, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; indicators; social democracy; sustainability; urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NEOLIBERALISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856924064     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.631990     Document Type: Article

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