The social dimension of sustainable neighborhood design: Comparing two neighborhoods in Freiburg, Germany

Urban Planning

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 64-80

  Hagen, Bjoern ^a   Nassar, Cara ^a   Pijawka, David ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freiburg; Social dimensions; Social equity; Survey research; Sustainable community

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044586205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21837635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17645/up.v2i4.1035     Document Type: Article

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