Inclusive risk governance: Concepts and application to environmental policy making

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-185

  Renn, Ortwin ^a   Schweizer, Pia Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytic deliberative decision making; Concepts of democracy; Deliberation; Public participation; Risk governance; Stakeholder involvement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 67549112169     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.507     Document Type: Article

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