A mixed methods approach for the integration of urban design and economic evaluation: Industrial heritage and urban regeneration in China

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 208-232

  Berta, Mauro ^a   Bottero, Marta ^a   Ferretti, Valentina ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision support; economic evaluation; masterplanning; Multicriteria analysis; urban design

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHOD; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85044119071     PISSN: 23998083     EISSN: 23998091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516669139     Document Type: Article

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