On sealing a lakebed: mass media and environmental democratisation in China

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-83

  Ma, Ji ^a   Webber, Michael ^a   Finlayson, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Environmental management; Governance; Internet; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349112935     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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