Global competition, sustainable development and civil society: Three major challenges for contemporary urban governance and their reflection in local development practices in Prague

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-83

  Sýkora, Luděk ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

City competition; Civil society; Governance; Post communist city; Prague; Sustainable development; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 17544390754     PISSN: 03005402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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