Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 660-681

  Barnes, Joanna H ^a   Hayes, Enda T ^a   Chatterton, Tim J ^a   Longhurst, James W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action plans; Local Air Quality Management; local authorities

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PLANNING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896852539     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.762573     Document Type: Article

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