Urban sustainability indicators: Challenges and opportunities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 93, Issue , 2018, Pages 282-291

  Verma, Pramit ^a   Raghubanshi, A S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Indicator application; Indicator evaluation; Indicator framework; Sustainability targets; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; URBAN GROWTH;

HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS; INDICATOR EVALUATIONS; INDICATOR FRAMEWORKS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; URBAN CONTEXT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VALUATION;

EID: 85046682335     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.007     Document Type: Review

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