The political filter in the local implementation of initiatives relating to urban ecology

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 312-319

  Douglas, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eco towns; Local Agenda 21; Political will; Urban environmental policy filter; Urban human ecological systems

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECO-TOWNS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL AGENDA 21; POLITICAL WILL;

ECOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENSPACE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84899088735     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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