Temporal changes in sustainable development level for Lijiang City: 2003-2008

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 474-479

  Shi, Longyu ^a,b   Vause, Jonathan ^a,b   Gao, Lijie ^a,b   Li, Qing ^a,b   Tang, Lina ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN KEY LAB OF URBAN METABOLISM   (China)

Author keywords

assessment method; sustainable city; urbanisation; welfare

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WELFARE REFORM;

CHINA; LIJIANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 84863230073     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.601470     Document Type: Article

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