Addressing place in climate change mitigation: Reducing emissions in a suburban landscape

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 518-531

  Knuth, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Energy efficiency; Local food; Local place; Participatory methods; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDSCAPE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUBURBAN AREA;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956650624     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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