The urban sustainable development goal: Indicators, complexity and the politics of measuring cities

Cities

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 92-97

  Klopp, Jacqueline M ^a   Petretta, Danielle L ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 85010382773     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.019     Document Type: Article

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