Exploring the Paradox of Sustainable Urban Development: Towards Urban Resilience?

This thesis explores the paradox that urban development continues down a cost minimisation approach resulting in low-density, car-orientated, energy-intensive urban form even though the social and environmental benefits of creating resilient residential communities through the adoption of collective...

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Main Author: Dorset, William
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geography 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6385