Advancing Sustainability Visioning Practice in Planning—The General Plan Update in Phoenix, Arizona

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 543-568

  Iwaniec, David ^a   Wiek, Arnim ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

methodology; participatory research; sustainable futures; visioning; visions

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING PRACTICE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912064282     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2014.977004     Document Type: Article

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