Local deliberation and the favouring of nature

Environmental Values

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-511

  Zwart, Ivan ^a  

^a Department of Sustainability and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Environment; Local goverment; Self interest; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37149002080     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327107X243259     Document Type: Article

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