The organisational structure of urban environmental stewardship

Environmental Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-48

  Fisher, Dana R ^a   Campbell, Lindsay K ^b   Svendsen, Erika S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

civil society organisations; local environmentalism; urban stewardship

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; URBAN AREA;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856820529     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.643367     Document Type: Article

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