Civic science, community participation and planning for knowledge-based development: Analysis of Sydney Metropolitan Strategy

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-432

  Shrestha, Krishna K ^a   Mahjabeen, Zeenat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Civic science; Community participation; KBUD; Knowledge based urban development; SMS; Sydney; Sydney Metropolitan Strategy; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870273303     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2011.044315     Document Type: Article

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