Environmental justice challenges in United Kingdom infrastructure planning: Lessons from a welsh incinerator project

Environmental Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 39-44

  Cotton, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INCINERATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MARGINALIZATION; POWER PLANT; REPLACEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84898631566     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2013.0037     Document Type: Article

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