Sustainability indicators: A tool to generate learning and adaptation in sustainable urban development

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 784-793

  Pupphachai, Umaporn ^a   Zuidema, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Learning; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable development; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE; EXPLICIT RECOGNITION; GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; LEARNING; LEARNING AND ADAPTATION; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GOVERNANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACCESSIBILITY; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONDITIONING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

BELGIUM; DENMARK; NETHERLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988038576     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.016     Document Type: Article

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