Empirical research on local government sustainability efforts in the USA: Gaps in the current literature

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-30

  Saha, Devashree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Local planning; Local sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849097099     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830802522418     Document Type: Article

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