Achievements and opportunities in initiating governance for urban sustainability

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-447

  Smith, Riley ^a   Wiek, Arnim ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Governance implementation; Guidelines; Principles; Sustainable governance

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GUIDELINE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TARGETING; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; RICHMOND [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 84862637989     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c10158     Document Type: Review

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