Urban sustainability in an age of enduring inequalities: Advancing theory and ecometrics for the 21st-century city

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 34, 2017, Pages 8957-8962

  Sampson, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic infrastructure; Ecometrics; Governance; Neighborhood inequality; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INCOME; MASSACHUSETTS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACIAL SEGREGATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; CITY; CITY PLANNING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

BOSTON; CHICAGO; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN RENEWAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85027885861     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614433114     Document Type: Review

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