Geography and public policy: Activist, participatory, and policy geographies

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 695-705

  Ward, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 36048953915     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132507078955     Document Type: Article

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