Sustainability, Urban

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-116

  Whitehead, M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brundtland Report; Cities conference; Community empowerment; Greenwich Millennium Village; Ibadan; Joan Martinez Alier; Peter Hall; Sustainable development; UN Habitat; United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; Urban locality; Urban planning; Urban Renaissance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069609154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.01103-2     Document Type: Chapter

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