Is local participation always optimal for sustainable action? The costs of consensus-building in Local Agenda 21

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 266-273

  Brandt, Urs Steiner ^a   Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community participation; Consensus building; Free riding; Information gathering; Local Agenda 21; Self organisation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

RISK PERCEPTION;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSENSUS BUILDINGS; FREE-RIDING; INFORMATION GATHERING; LOCAL AGENDA 21; LOCAL DECISIONS; NET GAIN; POLICY MAKERS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGENDA 21; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; COST; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MARKET; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSENSUS-BUILDING; FREE RIDING; INFORMATION GATHERING; LOCAL AGENDA 21; SELF-ORGANISATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CONSENSUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84883046148     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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