The 'Governance-Check': Assessing the sustainability of public spatial decision-making structures

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 328-336

  Mauerhofer, Volker ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic capacity; Environmental capital; Law policy; Minister; Spatial government; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

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EID: 84860384757     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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