Environmental justice in Australia: When the RATS became IRATE

Environmental Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-379

  Arcioni, Elisa ^a   Mitchell, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT KEMBLA; WORLD;

EID: 22144442046     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010500087590     Document Type: Article

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