More than this: Liveable Melbourne meets liveable Vancouver

Cities

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 444-453

  Holden, Meg ^a   Scerri, Andy ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melbourne; Sustainability; Urban livability; Urban liveability; Urban sustainability; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MELBOURNE; VANCOUVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84875226189     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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