Biophilic cities are sustainable, resilient cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3328-3345

  Beatley, Timothy ^a   Newman, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophilic cities; Resilient cities; Sustainable cities

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL DISASTER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84886235730     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5083328     Document Type: Article

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