Challenging local government notions of community engagement as unnecessary, unwanted and unproductive: Case studies from rural Australia

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Challenging local government notions of community engagement as unnecessary, unwanted and unproductive: Case studies from rural Australia

Despite the fact that sustainability is typically viewed as being dependent upon community engagement at the local level, this paper reveals that there has been a limited emphasis on community involvement in environmental management in rural local government areas in Australia. Using interviews with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	McKenzie, Fiona Haslam, Pini, Barbara
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge 2006
Subjects:	environment planning community Australia lcoal government
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46493

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