Opportunities for green infrastructure under Ecuador's new legal framework

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 159, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-4

  Serra Llobet, Anna ^a   Hermida, M Augusta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Green infrastructure; Legal framework

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; INDUSTRY EXPERTS; LEGAL FRAMEWORKS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; PERI-URBAN AREAS; SPATIAL PLANNING;

GREEN MANUFACTURING;

GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LEGISLATION; PERIURBAN AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AZUAY; CUENCA [AZUAY]; ECUADOR;

EID: 84995920179     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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