Local government and the governing of climate change in Germany and the UK

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2237-2259

  Bulkeley, Harriet ^a   Kern, Kristine ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751189638     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600936491     Document Type: Article

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