Compact city development and the challenge of environmental policy integration: A multi-level governance perspective

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-233

  van Stigt, Rien ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^b   Spit, Tejo J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental policy integration; Environmental quality standards; Multi level governance; Trade offs; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNER CITY AREA; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REDEVELOPMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84882279195     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1615     Document Type: Article

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