Institutions and indicators - The discourse about indicators in the context of sustainability

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-24

  Astleithner, Florentina ^a   Hamedinger, Alexander ^a   Holman, Nancy ^b   Rydin, Yvonne ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indicators; Institutions; Local policy processes; Sustainability; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PLANNING PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOUTHWARK; UNITED KINGDOM; VIENNA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042501712     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOHO.0000017704.49593.00     Document Type: Article

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