Transnational networks and global environmental governance: The cities for climate protection program

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 471-493

  Betsill, Michele M ^a   Bulkeley, Harriet ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

EID: 1842590064     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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