Processes of Innovation: Reformation of the English Strategic Spatial Planning System

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-381

  Gunn, Susannah ^a   Hillier, Jean ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English planning reform; intermediaries; mediators; networks

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; MODEL TEST; PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; REFORM PROCESS; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL PLANNING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84866861380     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2012.706630     Document Type: Article

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