Public participation in soil surveys: Lessons from a pilot study in England

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3687-3696

  Bone, James ^a   Archer, Michael ^b   Barraclough, Declan ^b   Eggleton, Paul ^c   Flight, Dee ^d   Head, Martin ^a   Jones, David T ^a,c   Scheib, Catherine ^d   Voulvoulis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PILOT STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; POLICY TOOLS; PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE DEMANDS; SOIL ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROTECTION;

SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OLIGOCHAETA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859353766     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203880p     Document Type: Article

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