Barriers to Canadian municipal response to climate change

Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 102-120

  Robinson, Pamela J ^a   Gore, Christopher D ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Environmental policy; Municipal; Urban

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25844458165     PISSN: 11883774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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