Evaluating planning: What is successful planning and (how) can we measure it?

Evaluation for Participation and Sustainability in Planning

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 32-46

  Alexander, E R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b APD Alexander Planning and Design   (Israel)

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