Public hearings in Thailand's infrastructure projects: Effective participations?

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 343-363

  Manowong, Ektewan ^a   Ogunlana, Stephen O ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Design and development; Project management; Public relations; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEARINGS; THAILAND;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746337278     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980610680162     Document Type: Article

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