Improving local measures of sustainability: A study of built-environment indicators in the United States

Cities

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 301-313

  Lynch, Amy J ^a   Mosbah, Simon M ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LOCAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991688608     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.09.011     Document Type: Article

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