The importance of being process

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-199

  Blockley, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

process; systems thinking; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING JUDGEMENT; NEW PROCESS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; PROCESS; RIGHT INFORMATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOFT SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS THINKING; UNCERTAINTY; UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

SYSTEM THEORY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; LIFE CYCLE; TERRORISM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 77955636111     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2010.482658     Document Type: Article

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