Institutional challenges to climate risk management in cities

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-160

  Fünfgeld, Hartmut ^a,b  

^a ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 77956415938     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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