Participatory evaluation of regional light rail scenarios: A Flemish case on sustainable mobility and land-use

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-120

  Vermote, Levi ^a,b   Macharis, Cathy ^a   Hollevoet, Joachim ^a   Putman, Koen ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Light rail transit; Multi criteria analysis; Stakeholder participation; Sustainable mobility; Transit oriented development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894237704     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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