Plan Evaluation: Challenges and Directions for Future Research

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 215-228

  Guyadeen, Dave ^a   Seasons, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

implementation; local government; outcomes; plan evaluation; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING METHOD; PLANNING PRACTICE;

EID: 84959173389     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1081335     Document Type: Article

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