Planning reform, rescaling, and the construction of the postpolitical: The case of the planning act 2008 and nuclear power consultation in the UK

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 697-713

  Johnstone, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nuclear power; Planning act 2008; Planning reform; Postpolitics; Rescaling

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; POLICY APPROACH; REFORM PROCESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84905972802     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1225     Document Type: Article

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