Performance of planning support systems: What is it, and how do we report on it?

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-308

  Brömmelstroet, Marco te ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Metastudy; Planning process performance; Planning Support Systems; Strategy making; Usability

Indexed keywords

META-STUDY; PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEMS; STRATEGY MAKING; USABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

INSTRUMENTS;

GUIDELINE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PRACTICE; SOFTWARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84883556197     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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