Community-based organisations in city environmental policy regimes: lessons from Philadelphia

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-416

  Stokes, Robert James ^a   Mandarano, Lynn ^b   Dilworth, Richardson ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community based organisations; environmental policy regime; Philadelphia; sustainability planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894417245     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.788484     Document Type: Article

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