Aligning public participation to stakeholders' sustainability literacy-A case study on sustainable urban development in Phoenix, Arizona

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8710-8728

  Cohen, Matthew ^a,b   Wiek, Arnim ^a   Kay, Braden ^a   Harlow, John ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Public participation; Sustainability; Sustainability literacy; Urban development; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC SERVICE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941790817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7078709     Document Type: Article

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