University partnerships for co-designing and co-producing urban sustainability

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-165

  Trencher, Gregory ^a   Bai, Xuemei ^b   Evans, James ^c   McCormick, Kes ^d   Yarime, Masaru ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co design; Co production; Stakeholder collaborations; Sustainability; University partnerships; Urban

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; DESIGN METHOD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84922349294     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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