Conflict, Collaboration and Climate Change: Participatory Democracy and Urban Environmental Struggles in Durban, South Africa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 478-495

  Aylett, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS; URBAN AREA;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 74349107947     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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