The development of a participatory assessment technique for infrastructure: Neighborhood-level monitoring towards sustainable infrastructure systems

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 38, Issue , 2018, Pages 265-274

  Hendricks, Marccus D ^a   Meyer, Michelle A ^b   Gharaibeh, Nasir G ^c   Van Zandt, Shannon ^d   Masterson, Jaimie ^d   Cooper, John T ^d   Horney, Jennifer A ^d   Berke, Philip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Environmental justice; Flooding; Infrastructure assessment; Participatory action; Sustainable infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY ACTION; SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85040058951     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.12.039     Document Type: Article

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