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Yan Song
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Public Participation in Local Government Review of Development Proposals in Hazardous Locations: Does it Matter, and What Do Local Government Planners Have to Do with It?
Environmental Management · 2009 · senior author
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Public Participation in Local Government Review of Development Proposals in Hazardous Locations: Does it Matter, and What Do Local Government Planners Have to Do with It?
Mark R. Stevens, Philip R Berke, Yan Song
Environmental Management200934 citationsSenior author
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