Assessing the effectiveness of online community opposition to precinct planning

Australian Planner

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-59

  Williamson, Wayne ^a   Ruming, Kristian ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community engagement and participation; social media; Sydney

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928648870     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2015.1019755     Document Type: Article

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