Are larger cities more sustainable? Lessons from integrated sustainability monitoring in 403 Dutch municipalities

Environmental Development

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-72

  Zoeteman, Kees ^a   Mommaas, Hans ^a   Dagevos, John ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

City typology and size; City region interactions; Integrated sustainability monitoring; Netherlands; Social, ecological and economic capital; Urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940054503     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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