The tough minded and the tender minded: A pragmatic turn for sustainable development planning and policy

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-496

  Holden, Meg ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Pragmatism; Sustainability planning; Sustainability policy; Sustainable development; Urban planning; Urban policy; Urban sustainability; William James

Indexed keywords

HOLISTIC APPROACH; MODELING; PLANNING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149141512     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649350802481371     Document Type: Article

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