Reconceptualising sustainability assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 205-215

  Pope, Jenny ^a,b   Bond, Alan ^b,c   Hugé, Jean ^d,e   Morrison Saunders, Angus ^b,f  

^a INTEGRAL SUSTAINABILITY   (Australia)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Decision making context; Discourse; Pluralism; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DISCOURSE; PLURALISM; REFLECTIVE PRACTICES; RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85002198142     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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