Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Participation in Neighbourhood Planning

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 563-588

  Brown, Greg ^a,b   Chin, Sean Yeong Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

community consultation; empowerment; neighbourhood planning; public participation

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84885957117     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2013.820037     Document Type: Article

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