How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? - An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning

Cities

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-98

  John, Beatrice ^a   Keeler, Lauren Withycombe ^a   Wiek, Arnim ^a,b   Lang, Daniel J ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resilience thinking; Rough set analysis; Urban sustainability; Urban visions; Visioning

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; GERMANY; IRELAND; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934983992     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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