Towards the development of an integrated sustainability and resilience benefits assessment framework of urban green growth interventions

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Grafakos, Stelios ^a   Gianoli, Alberto ^a   Tsatsou, Alexandra ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Green growth; Integrated framework; SDGs; Sustainability and resilience benefits assessment; Urban interventions

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84970971219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050461     Document Type: Article

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