"think like an ecosystem"-Embedding a living system paradigm into participatory planning

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 603-622

  Tippett, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological design; EU Water Framework Directive; Participatory planning; Sustainability; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444406346     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-005-1232-y     Document Type: Article

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