Resilient urban forms: A review of literature on streets and street networks

Building and Environment

Volumn 147, Issue , 2019, Pages 171-187

  Sharifi, Ayyoob ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrality and connectivity; Street design; Street orientation; Urban form; Urban resilience; Urban streets

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CENTRALITY AND CONNECTIVITY; STREET DESIGN; URBAN FORM; URBAN RESILIENCE; URBAN STREETS;

TOPOLOGY;

CENTRALIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPOLITICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; STREET CANYON; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85054814811     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.09.040     Document Type: Review

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