Towards sustainable cities: Extending resilience with insights from vulnerability and transition theory

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2108-2128

  Seeliger, Leanne ^a   Turok, Ivan ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Resilience; Socio ecological system; Sustainable cities; Transformation; Transition; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84882699790     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5052108     Document Type: Article

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