National sustainable development strategies: Features, challenges and reflexivity

European Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-163

  Meadowcroft, James ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Planning; Reflexive governance; Sustainable development strategies

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34347227403     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: 10990976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.450     Document Type: Article

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