Governance in urban environmental management: Comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in South India

Cities

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-147

  Baud, Isa ^a   Dhanalakshmi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accountability; Chennai; governance; India; urban basic services; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33947581248     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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