Greening America's skylines: The diffusion of low-salience policies

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-117

  Koski, Chris ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Green building policy; Local government; Low salience policy; Policy diffusion

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 77950610813     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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