E-participation for environmental sustainability in transitional urban China

Sustainability Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 187-202

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

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; E participation; Environmental movement; Information and communication technologies; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991727671     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0403-3     Document Type: Article

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