Transparency: Aid or obstacle to effective defence of vulnerable environments from reservoir construction? Dam decisions and democracy in North East England

Area

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-33

  McCulloch, Christine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Democracy; Farndale; Kielder; North East England; Public participation; Reservoir schemes; Teesdale; Transparency; Water Framework Directive; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645309850     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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