The need for a communicative approach to improve environmental policy integration in urban land use planning

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-261

  Simeonova, Vanya ^a   van der Valk, Arnold ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communicative planning; Organizations; Policy integration; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 59649090342     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: 15526593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885412208327022     Document Type: Article

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