Dynamic decision trees for building resilience into future eco-cities

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1804-1814

  Ciumasu, Ioan M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive decision making; Central Europe; Eco cities; Knowledge management; Risk management; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DECISION MAKING; CENTRAL EUROPE; ECO-CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SCENARIOS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION TREES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

IASI; ROMANIA;

EID: 84885073019     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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