Bridging the science-policy divide in urban air-quality management: Evaluating ways to make models more robust through public engagement

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 701-714

  Yearley, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

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

EID: 33750284647     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0610j     Document Type: Article

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