Scaling up: The challenges of urban retrofit

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-503

  Dixon, Tim ^a   Eames, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION RESPONSE; BUILDING LEVELS; BUILDING OWNERS; SCALING-UP; STRATEGIC APPROACHES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SCALE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84881653767     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.812432     Document Type: Review

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