Pillar Talk: Local Sustainability Initiatives and Policies in the United States-Finding Evidence of the "Three E's": Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Social Equity

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 678-717

  Opp, Susan M ^a   Saunders, Kyle L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Cities; local sustainability; social equity; sustainable cities; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SOCIETY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881019389     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087412469344     Document Type: Article

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