The ethics behind evaluation: Lichfi eld’s approach and utilitarianism

Evaluation in Planning: Evolution and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 21-38

  Moroni, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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