Brownfield regeneration in Europe: Identifying stakeholder perceptions, concerns, attitudes and information needs

Land Use Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 437-453

  Rizzo, Erika ^a   Pesce, Marco ^a   Pizzol, Lisa ^a   Alexandrescu , Filip Mihai ^a,b   Giubilato, Elisa ^a   Critto, Andrea ^a   Marcomini, Antonio ^a   Bartke, Stephan ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownfield regeneration.; Information categorisation system; Stakeholder categories.; Stakeholder information needs.; Stakeholder involvement.

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

CZECH REPUBLIC; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

EID: 84945295021     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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