Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore

Environment and Urbanization Asia

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-170

  Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biophilic; carbon neutral; distributed; eco efficient; place based; renewables; Singapore; sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996153089     PISSN: 09754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097542531000100204     Document Type: Article

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