Urban sustainability: Learning from evaluation of community plans in calgary

Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 24-47

  Tsenkova, Sasha ^a   Damiani, Rose Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community plans; Ex post evaluation; Sustainable suburban development

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA;

EID: 73549115650     PISSN: 11883774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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