Towards an urban resilience index: A case study in 50 Spanish cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Suárez, Marta ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^b,c   Benayas, Javier ^a   Tilbury, Daniella ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d University of Gibraltar   (Gibraltar)

Author keywords

Spanish province capitals; Sustainability indicators; Urban resilience; Urban resilience index

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND USE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84983744478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080774     Document Type: Article

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