Doing the groundwork? Transferring a UK environmental planning approach to Japan

International Planning Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-127

  Parker, Gavin ^a   Murayama, Meiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING PRACTICE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 27144548969     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470500258790     Document Type: Article

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