The public interest in planning: From legitimation to substantive plan evaluation

Planning Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 226-249

  Alexander, E R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b APD Tel Aviv   (Israel)

^c APD Alexander Planning and Design   (Israel)

Author keywords

Plan evaluation; Planning applications; Planning legitimation; Public interest history; Public interest ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042676923     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147309520200100303     Document Type: Article

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