Greener local economic development: Reflections from the UK on current European approaches

Local Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-247

  Mills, Liz ^a   Schneegans, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Beratungs Serv Gesell Umwelt mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UK;

EID: 0031427629     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839708725530     Document Type: Article

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