The Sustainable city and the smart city: Measuring urban entropy first

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 191, Issue , 2014, Pages 537-548

  Fistola, R ^a   La Rocca, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entropy variables; Sustainable city; Systemic approach; Urban entropy

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84942097091     PISSN: 1746448X     EISSN: 17433541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/sc140451     Document Type: Article

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