Sustainability on the urban scale: Proposal of a structure of indicators for the Spanish context

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-30

  Braulio Gonzalo, Marta ^a   Bovea, María Dolores ^a   Ruá, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Built environment; Urban indicator; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; URBAN GROWTH;

ASSESSMENT TOOL; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; URBAN INDICATORS; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84926450727     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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