Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century

Thomas Elmqvist; Erik Andersson; Niki Frantzeskaki; Timon McPhearson; Per Olsson; Owen Gaffney; Kazuhiko Takeuchi; Carl Folke

doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0250-1

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SustainabilityUrban resilienceUrbanizationResilience (materials science)Environmental planningPopulationSustainability scienceSustainability organizationsUrban densityGreen infrastructureEnvironmental resource managementUrban planningPolitical scienceGeographyEconomic growthSociologyEconomicsEngineeringCivil engineering

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Pages: 267-273
Citations: 996
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                                    Thomas Elmqvist, 
                                
                                    Erik Andersson, 
                                
                                    Niki Frantzeskaki
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century. 
                            Nature Sustainability
                            , 2
                            (4)
                            , 267-273.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0250-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0250-1