Review of urban sustainability indicators assessment - Case study between Asian countries

Habitat International

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 491-500

  Michael, Florianna L ^a   Noor, Zainura Zainon ^a   Figueroa, Maria J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dimensions of sustainability; Sustainability indicators; Urban indicators; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; MALAYSIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84908459030     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.09.006     Document Type: Review

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