Scenario analysis for urban sustainability assessment: A spatial multicriteria decision-analysis approach

Environmental Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-146

  Kropp, Walter W ^a   Lein, James K ^b  

^a RMS Information Systems   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANNING PRACTICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84878850479     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046613000045     Document Type: Article

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40. Submitted April 2, 2012; revised December 7, 2012; accepted December 20, 2012.