Public protests against the Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway in China

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-16

  He, Guizhen ^a,b   Mol, Arthur P J ^c   Lu, Yonglong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Environmental concerns; Environmental protest; Infrastructure; NIMBY; Public participation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROADS; SPEED; TRANSPORTATION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST; INFRASTRUCTURE; NIMBY; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; POPULAR PROTEST; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; LIAONING; SHENYANG;

EID: 84951778476     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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