Almost invisible: Glimpsing the city and its residents in the urban sustainability discourse

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1695-1710

  Vallance, Suzanne ^a   Perkins, Harvey C ^a   Bowring, Jacky ^a   Dixon, Jennifer E ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84861973987     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011417903     Document Type: Article

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