Sustaining Sydney: The ‘Green Olympics’ from a global perspective

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-42

  Briese, Robyn ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; Globalisation; Olympics; Sydney; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861970062     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140108727861     Document Type: Article

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