Environmental governance through information: China and Vietnam

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-129

  Mol, Arthur P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental protection; Information and communication technologies (ICT); Informational governance; Monitoring; Non government organizations (NGOs); Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 61549102497     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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