Sustainability decision-making frameworks and the application of systems thinking: An urban context

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-228

  Davidson, Kathryn M ^a   Venning, Jackie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrated decision making; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable cities; Systems theory; Urban planning tools

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 79957573934     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.565464     Document Type: Article

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