Toward a political ecology of infrastructure standards: Or, how to think about ships, waterways, sediment, and communities together

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-28

  Carse, Ashley ^a   Lewis, Joshua A ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

infrastructure; political ecology; shipping; Transportation; water

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PORT DEVELOPMENT; SHIPPING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006511389     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X16663015     Document Type: Article

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