Reclaiming the commons for urban transformation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-170

  Radywyl, Natalia ^a,b   Bigg, Che ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Complex adaptive systems; Creative commons; Disruptive innovation; Emergence; Systems transformation; Urban commons

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CREATIVE COMMONS; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; EMERGENCE; URBAN COMMONS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84879987519     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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