Strategic decision making in infrastructure sectors:Participatory foresight and strategic planning for sustainable sanitation;Prise de décision stratégique dans le secteur des infrastructures. Une approche prospective participative pour la planification stratégique d’un assainissement durable;Strategische Entscheidungsfindung in Infrastruktursektoren. Partizipative Vorausschau und strategische Planung nachhaltiger Abwasserwirtschaft

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Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Stormer, Eckhard ^a   Truffer, Bernhard ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foresight; Infrastructure; Sanitation; Strategic planning; Transition management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984410592     PISSN: 0016-7312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gh-64-73-2009     Document Type: Article

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