Unravelling urban sustainability. How the Flemish City Monitor acknowledges complexities.

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-110

  Block, Thomas ^a   Van Assche, Jo ^a   Goeminne, Gert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex decision making processes; Participative design; Sustainable development indicators; Urban governance; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84884925839     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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