The evaluation of green investments in urban areas: A proposal of an eco-social-green model of the city

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Sturiale, Luisa ^a   Scuderi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citizens participation; Collaborative governance; Green infrastructures; Multidimensional evaluation; Multilevel governance; Social multi criteria evaluation (SMCE)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

CATANIA [CATANIA (ADS)]; CATANIA [SICILY]; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 85057840846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10124541     Document Type: Article

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