Constraints on evidence-based policy: Insights from government practices

Building Research and Information

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-419

  Simmons, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Evidence based policy; Governance; Outcomes; Policy formation; Public policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED; GOVERNANCE; OUTCOMES; POLICY FORMATION;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84929296805     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2015.1002355     Document Type: Review

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