Talk of the city: Engaging urbanites on climate change

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Moser, Susanne C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Communication; Social change; Urban residents

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION MEDIUM; DECISION MAKERS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROJECTS; SOCIAL CHANGES; URBAN DWELLERS; URBAN RESIDENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 33846590008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/014006     Document Type: Review

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