Trust, public participation and environmental governance in Hong Kong

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-114

  Tsang, Stephen ^a   Burnett, Margarett ^a   Hills, Peter ^a   Welford, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Hong Kong; Public deliberation; Public participation; Trust

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 67549101075     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.502     Document Type: Article

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