Participation of experts and non-experts in a sustainability assessment of mobility

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 232-250

  Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^a   Swartling, Åsa Gerger ^b   Jäger, Jill ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^c Sustainable Europe Research Institute Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mobility; Participatory methods; Social learning; Stakeholder perspectives; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 70349548854     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.513     Document Type: Article

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