Planning, development and management of sustainable cities: A commentary from the guest editors

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14677-14688

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Kamruzzaman, Md ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Smart cities; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable city; Sustainable development; Sustainable urban development; Sustainable urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

SMART CITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84949493155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71114677     Document Type: Editorial

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