Perceived Environmental Uncertainty in scenario planning

Futures

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 338-345

  Tapinos, Efstathios ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858278999     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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