Towards smart urban regeneration: Findings of an urban footprint survey in port louis, mauritius

Smart Cities

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 121-133

  Allam, Zaheer ^a   Dhunny, A Zaynah ^b   Siew, Gaëtan ^c   Jones, David S ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^c The Port Louis Development Initiative   (Mauritius)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Footprint; Mauritius; Port Louis; Smart city; Urban regeneration; Urban survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060497713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 26246511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/smartcities1010007     Document Type: Article

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