Toward an integrated theory of spatial morphology and resilient urban systems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Marcus, Lars ^a   Colding, Johan ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive renewal cycle; Resilience theory; Space syntax; Spatial morphology; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; PLANNING THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 84924414320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06939-190455     Document Type: Article

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