'When knowledge matters': The role and influence of the royal commission on environmental pollution

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-24

  Owens, Susan ^a   Rayner, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological modernization; Environment; Knowledge; Politics; Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002501382     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-7200(199905)1:1<7::aid-jepp4>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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