Democracy, Trust and Risk Related to Contaminated Sites in the UK

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration: Liveable Places from Problem Spaces

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-66

  Catney, Philip ^a   Eiser, Dick ^a   Henneberry, John ^a   Stafford, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brownfield sites; Contaminated sites; Contaminates sites; Expert systems; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889491049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692110.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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