Involving citizens in sustainable development: Evidence of new forms of participation in the danish agenda 21 schemes

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-552

  Agger, Annika ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agenda 21; Ecological modernisation theory; Public deliberation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODERNIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DENMARK;

EID: 77954259858     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.487526     Document Type: Article

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