Environmental justice in South Africa: Tools and trade-offs

Social Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-110

  Patel, Zarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental assessment; Environmental justice; Public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450107708     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950802666956     Document Type: Article

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