Practitioner evaluations of participatory processes in environmental decision making

Governing Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 159-190

  Burgess, Jacquelin ^a   Clark, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857047626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807756.010     Document Type: Chapter

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