Review of Web-Based Communications for Town Planning in Local Government

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-63

  Williamson, Wayne ^a   Parolin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

communication; Local government; public participation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING PROCESS; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84861585171     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2012.626702     Document Type: Review

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