Evaluating urban quality: Indicators and assessment tools for smart sustainable cities

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Garau, Chiara ^a   Pavan, Valentina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indicators; Smart cities; Smart governance; Urban quality assessment; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042510650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10030575     Document Type: Article

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