Complexity, entanglement, and overflow in the new carbon economy: The case of the UK's energy efficiency commitment

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2342-2356

  Powells, Gareth Douglas ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POLLUTION POLICY; STATE ROLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350561803     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a40347     Document Type: Article

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