Assessing spatial benefits of urban regeneration programs in a highly vulnerable urban context: A case study in Catania, Italy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 180-192

  La Rosa, Daniele ^a   Privitera, Riccardo ^a   Barbarossa, Luca ^a   La Greca, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIS; Land use; Spatial planning; Sustainability; Urban planning; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEISMOLOGY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; POPULATION DENSITIES; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN REGENERATION; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; GREENSPACE; LAND USE; REGENERATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84978215468     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.05.031     Document Type: Article

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