From incremental to comprehensive: Towards island-friendly European union policymaking

Island Studies Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-88

  Moncada, Stefano ^a   Camilleri, Marguerite ^b   Formosa, Saviour ^a   Galea, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b Malta Environment and Planning Authority   (Malta)

Author keywords

European union; Impact assessment; Insularity; Islands; Peripherality; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954528449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17152593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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