Planners’ Perspectives on Obstacles to Sustainable Urban Development: Implications for Transformative Planning Strategies

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 202-221

  Filion, Pierre ^a   Lee, Michelle ^a   Leanage, Neluka ^a   Hakull, Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

obstacles to planning; Ontario Growth Plan; smart growth; survey of planners

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PROCESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84927759898     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1023079     Document Type: Article

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