Ecological modernisation in Los Angeles and Toronto

Local Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-44

  Keil, Roger ^a   Desfor, Gene ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODERNIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; LOS ANGELES; ONTARIO; TORONTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037327162     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135498303200041313     Document Type: Article

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