Assessment of the sustainable urban development level through the use of indicators of sustainability

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-87

  Alpopi, Cristina ^a   Manole, Cristina ^a   Colesca, Sofia Elena ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

City; Comparison; Indicators; Monitoring; Ranking; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84857742754     PISSN: 20653913     EISSN: 20653921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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