Of questionable value: The role of practitioners in building sustainable cities

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 682-694

  Patel, Zarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental assessment; Environmental justice; Environmental practitioner; South Africa; Values

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745956229     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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