Sustainability and competitiveness in Australian cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1840-1860

  Hu, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian cities; Competitiveness; Sustainability; Urban development

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84923165585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7021840     Document Type: Article

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