Risk, stress, and capacity: Explaining metropolitan commitment to climate protection

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-474

  Zahran, Sammy ^a   Grover, Himanshu ^b   Brody, Samuel D ^b,c   Vedlitz, Arnold ^b  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Texas Beaches and Shores   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities for Climate Protection; Civic capacity; Climate change risk; Stress

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 39049124550     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087407304688     Document Type: Article

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