Communicating with citizens: The power of photosimulations and simple editing

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-310

  Sullivan, William C ^a,b   Kuo, Frances E ^a   Prabhu, Mona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Hum Environment Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

ILLINOIS; USA;

EID: 0031177923     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-9255(97)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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