Addressing social sustainability in urban regeneration processes. An application of the social multi-criteria evaluation

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2020, Pages

  Marta, Bottero ^a   Giulia, Datola ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multi criteria analysis; NAIADE method; Social sustainability; Stakeholder analysis; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; MULTICULTURALISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL; TERRITORY; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

EID: 85091382737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su12187579     Document Type: Article

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