Planning for an Uncertain Future: Can Multicriteria Analysis Support Better Decision Making in Climate Planning?

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 349-362

  Ellen, Ingrid Gould ^a   Yager, Jessica ^a   Hanson, Melinda ^b   Bosher, Luke ^a  

^a The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy   (United States)

^b Urban Project Collective   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen participation; environment; natural resources; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986331487     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: 15526577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X16659911     Document Type: Article

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