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Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK.

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Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK. / Walker, Gordon P.
In: Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2007, p. 45004.

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Walker, GP 2007, 'Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK.', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 45004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045004

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Walker, G. P. (2007). Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK. Environmental Research Letters, 2(4), 45004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045004

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Walker GP. Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK. Environmental Research Letters. 2007;2(4):45004. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045004

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Walker, Gordon P. / Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK. In: Environmental Research Letters. 2007 ; Vol. 2, No. 4. pp. 45004.

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