Perceived landscape values and public participation in a road-planning process – a case study in Sweden

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 631-653

  Henningsson, Marianne ^a   Blicharska, Malgorzata ^b   Antonson, Hans ^c   Mikusiński, Grzegorz ^b   Göransson, Görgen ^a   Angelstam, Per ^b   Folkeson, Lennart ^c   Jönsson, Sofia ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attitudes; ELC; landscape values; participation; perceptions; planning process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924273991     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.876391     Document Type: Article

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