The New South Wales planning reforms: Undermining external merits review of land-use decision-making?

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-34

  Pearson, Linda ^a   Williams, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY REFORM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 70350357019     PISSN: 0813300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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