Improving public engagement in construction development projects from a Stakeholder's perspective

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Yu, Jingyu ^a   Liang, Qi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conflict; Interests; Power; Public engagement; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; INTERESTS; POWER; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84886542190     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000754     Document Type: Article

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