A global perspective on the sustainable performance of urbanization

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Shen, Liyin ^a   Shuai, Chenyang ^a   Jiao, Liudan ^a   Tan, Yongtao ^b   Song, Xiangnan ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Global perspective; Indicators; Sustainable performance; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84983783162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080783     Document Type: Article

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