How successful is the resolution of land-use conflicts? A comparison of cases from Switzerland and Romania

Applied Geography

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-136

  Tudor, Constantina Alina ^a   Iojǎ, Ioan Cristian ^a   Pǎtru Stupariu, Ileana ^a   Nitǎ, Mihai Rǎzvan ^a   Hersperger, Anna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Equity; Land use; Romania; Sustainability; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EQUITY; LAND USE CONFLICT; LAND USE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY;

ROMANIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84892473419     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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