Complexity, problem-solving, sustainability and resilience

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-181

  Tainter, Joseph A ^a   Taylor, Temis G ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; complexity; energy; problem solving; resilience; sustainability; temporal perspectives

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMPLEXITY; ENERGY; RESILIENCE; TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVES;

PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84892907588     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.850599     Document Type: Article

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