Matching a community assessment tool to the requirements of practice

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 216-229

  AlWaer, Husam ^a   Kirk, R David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Sustainability; Town and city planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENT; LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; PLANNING PROCESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TOWN PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84988359040     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.15.00001     Document Type: Article

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