The communicative city: Conceptualizing, operationalizing, and policy making

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-110

  Jeffres, Leo W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

city planning; communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 79951689816     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: 15526593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885412210369455     Document Type: Review

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