Building Spatial Europe: An Environmental Justice Perspective1

Environmental Protection: European Law and Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Holder, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; ESDP; European spatial development perspective; Spatial planning; Sustainable development; Territorial cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049232955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199565177.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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