Sustainability assessment of urban communities through rating systems

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1573-1591

  Berardi, Umberto ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rating systems; Sustainability assessment; Triple bottom line; Urban community; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84887173450     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9462-0     Document Type: Article

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