Local Strategic Partnerships: A panacea for voluntary interest groups to promote local environmental sustainability? The UK context

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Kythreotis, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental interest groups; Environmental sustainability; Governance; Local Agenda 21; Local Strategic Partnerships; Sustainable community strategies

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955692271     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.487     Document Type: Article

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