Attitude and willingness toward participation in decision-making of urban green spaces in China

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-217

  Shan, Xi Zhang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bureaucratization; Guangzhou; Management and design; Planning; Public participation; Urban park

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENSPACE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84859503122     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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