Integrating valuation and deliberation: The purposes of sustainability assessment

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Frame, Bob ^a   O'Connor, Martin ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Evaluation; Monetisation frontier; Multi criteria; Post normal science; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78650574200     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.10.009     Document Type: Review

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