The making of sustainable urban development: A synthesis framework

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Tang, Hui Ting ^a   Lee, Yuh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental planning; Sustainable urban development; Synthesis framework

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84970954023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050492     Document Type: Article

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