Towards prosperous sustainable cities: A multiscalar urban sustainability assessment approach

Habitat International

Volumn 45, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 36-46

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Dur, Fatih ^b   Dizdaroglu, Didem ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Logan City Council   (Australia)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

City prosperity; Multiscalar approach; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable urban development; Urban sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84912018475     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.033     Document Type: Article

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