Development control and the natural environment - The Maltese connection

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-433

  Doublet, Joe A ^a   Bond, Alan J ^b  

^a University of East Anglia ^*  (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND USE PLANNING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21044438159     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500089696     Document Type: Article

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