Assessing urban complexity

International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Salat, Serge ^a   Bourdic, Loeiz ^b   Nowacki, Caroline ^c  

^a Urban Morphology Laboratory   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c CSTB   (France)

Author keywords

Assessment; Complexity; Energy; Indicators; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007801056     PISSN: 2093761X     EISSN: 20937628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5390/SUSB.2010.1.2.160     Document Type: Article

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