Moving from adaptive to transformative capacity: Building foundations for inclusive, thriving, and regenerative urban settlements

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Ziervogel, Gina ^a   Cowen, Anna ^b   Ziniades, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Meshfield   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Agency; Social cohesion; South Africa; Thrivability; Transformative capacity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INFORMAL SECTOR; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84990988072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8090955     Document Type: Article

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