Application of life cycle thinking in multidisciplinary multistakeholder contexts for cross-sectoral planning and implementation of sustainable development projects

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-460

  Thabrew, Lanka ^a   Ries, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectoral integration; Development planning; Multistakeholder decision making

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSING; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 73949139157     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-064.1     Document Type: Article

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