Fighting the pipe: Neoliberal governance and barriers to effective community participation in energy infrastructure planning

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 340-356

  Groves, Christopher ^a   Munday, Max ^b   Yakovleva, Natalia ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrastructure planning; Participatory governance; Pipelines; Planning cascade; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEOLIBERALISM; PIPELINE; PRIVATIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876826812     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c11331r     Document Type: Article

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