Remaking local governance through community participation? The case of the UK community waste sector

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1485-1505

  Luckin, David ^a   Sharp, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142665657     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000226966     Document Type: Article

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