Sustainability and the urban landscape: introduction of a qualitative assessment tool for understanding and enhancing sustainability in urban open space

This project introduces a way of operationalizing the idea of sustainability by applying its principles to open space in the urban landscape. Landscape is defined as the land surface, composed of a mosaic of ecosystems and land uses, that provides the setting for human activities. The rationale f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersen, Susan Christine
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4741