From Sustainable Community to Big Society: 10 years learning with the Imagine approach

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-267

  Bell, Simon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Society; Imagine method; local community; participation; sustainability indicators; Sustainable Community

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEARNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL POWER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051689325     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: 17477611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2011.588509     Document Type: Review

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