Eco-cities: An integrated system dynamics framework and a concise research taxonomy

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

  Tsolakis, Naoum ^a   Anthopoulos, Leonidas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eco cities; Sustainable development; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931090694     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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