A quantitative method for the evaluation of policies to enhance urban sustainability

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 371-378

  Fitzgerald, Brian G ^a   O'Doherty, Travis ^a   Moles, Richard ^a   O'Regan, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Indicators; Policy evaluation; Sustainability measurement; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; EVALUATION METRICS; LITERATURE SEARCH; NUMERIC VALUES; POLICY EVALUATION; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY POLICY; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; EVIDENCE- BASED DECISIONS; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); RATING; URBAN PLANNING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOINDICATOR; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

IRELAND;

EID: 84855266314     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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