Communication between science, policy and citizens in public participation in urban forestry-Experiences from the Neighbourwoods project

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-40

  Janse, Gerben ^a   Konijnendijk, Cecil C ^b  

^a EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b woodSCAPE consult ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Public participation; Science policy interface; Social inclusiveness; Urban woodland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN FORESTRY; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846337128     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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