Using urban-carrying capacity as a benchmark for sustainable urban development: An empirical study of Beijing

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3244-3268

  Wei, Yigang ^a   Huang, Cui ^a   Lam, Patrick T I ^b   Sha, Yong ^c   Feng, Yong ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment framework; Beijing; Sustainable urban development; Urban carrying capacity (UCC)

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARRYING CAPACITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84926385160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7033244     Document Type: Article

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