No perfect tools: Trade-offs of sustainability principles and user requirements in designing support tools for land-use decisions between greenfields and brownfields

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-24

  Bartke, Stephan ^a   Schwarze, Reimund ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownfield redevelopment; Decision support tools; Land use decisions; Planning; Sustainability principles; User requirements

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; SOIL DEGRADATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAND USE; POLICY; SCIENTIST; SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84922023701     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.040     Document Type: Article

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