A quick assessment method to evaluate sustainability of urban built environment: Case studies of four large-sized Chinese cities

Cities

Volumn 89, Issue , 2019, Pages 57-69

  Deng, Wu ^a   Peng, Zhen ^a   Tang, Yu ting ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Large sized Chinese cities; Quick assessment method; Statistical yearbooks; Sustainability performance; Urban built environment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA;

EID: 85060327477     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.01.028     Document Type: Article

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