Local strategic planning processes and sustainability transitions in infrastructure sectors

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-269

  Truffer, Bernhard ^a   Störmer, Eckhard ^a   Maurer, Max ^a   Ruef, Annette ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental decision making; Infrastructure sectors; Sanitation; Socio technical systems; Strategic planning; Sustainable transitions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LOCAL PLANNING; SANITATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78649556235     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.550     Document Type: Article

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