Between democracy and expertise? Citizens' participation and environmental integrated assessment in Venice (Italy) and St. Helens (UK)

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-120

  Darier, Éric ^a   Gough, Clair ^b,d   De Marchi, Bruna ^c   Funtowicz, Silvio ^b   Grove White, Robin ^a   Kitchener, Dryan ^a   Pereira, Ângela Guimarães ^b   Shackley, Simon ^d   Wynne, Brian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizens' participitation; Democracy; Environmental integrated assessment; Expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000981163     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-7200(199909)1:2<103::aid-jepp21>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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