Rational goals for the urban environment: A Swedish example

European Planning Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1007-1027

  Björnberg, Karin Edvardsson ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70449393878     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310902949570     Document Type: Article

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