Low-carbon sustainable precincts: An Australian perspective

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2305-2326

  Bunning, Jessica ^a   Beattie, Colin ^a   Rauland, Vanessa ^a   Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon; Energy; Governance; Precinct; Sustainable; Trigeneration; Urban

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EMISSIONS TRADING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882978333     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5062305     Document Type: Article

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