Public Deliberation with Climate Change: Opening up or Closing down Policy Options?

Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-159

  Blue, Gwendolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84953274162     PISSN: 20500386     EISSN: 20500394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/reel.12122     Document Type: Review

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