Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 603-618

  Olowoporoku, Dotun ^a   Hayes, Enda ^a   Longhurst, James ^a   Parkhurst, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English local government; Environmental policy; Local air quality management (LAQM); Local transport authorities (LTA); Local transport planning (LTP); Policy integration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROAD TRANSPORT; STAKEHOLDER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855723867     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.582859     Document Type: Article

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