A systematic review of guiding principles for sustainable urban neighborhood development

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-52

  Luederitz, Christopher ^a   Lang, Daniel J ^a   Von Wehrden, Henrik ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

District redevelopment; Resilience of neighborhoods; Sustainability assessment; System wide impacts of quarters; Transdisciplinarity; Urban design

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANNING;

DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT; RESILIENCE OF NEIGHBORHOODS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM WIDE IMPACTS OF QUARTERS; TRANSDISCIPLINARITY; URBAN DESIGN;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; LIFESTYLE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEIGHBORHOOD; REDEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84882938625     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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