The tragedy of the highway: Empowerment, disempowerment and the politics of sustainability discourses and practices

European Planning Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-86

  Baeten, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; POLITICAL PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0034025034     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096543100110938     Document Type: Article

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