Social sustainability, residential design and demographic balance: Neighbourhood planning strategies in Freiburg, Germany

Town Planning Review

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-52

  Hamiduddin, Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car reduction; Demography; Freiburg; Neighbourhoods; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

HOUSING PROJECT; NEIGHBORHOOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; FREIBURG IM BREISGAU; GERMANY;

EID: 84921819462     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2015.3     Document Type: Review

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