Defending and transcending local identity through environmental discourse

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 811-831

  Usher, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental discourse; NIMBY; place identity; planning; scale politics; Yorkshire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; OPENCAST MINING; SENSE OF PLACE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 84884290560     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.765685     Document Type: Article

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