Assessing urban sustainability of Chinese megacities: 35 years after the economic reform and open-door policy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-70

  Huang, Lu ^a   Yan, Lijiao ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Environmental sustainability; Indicators indices; Megacity; Social sustainability; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN GROWTH; WASTE TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MEGACITIES; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEGACITY; OPEN DOOR POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84946044960     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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