Undoing Atmospheric Harm: Civil Action to Shrink the Carbon Footprint

Urban Energy Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 27-53

  Byrne, John ^a   Kurdgelashvili, Lado ^a   Hughes, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 78549246703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045341-5.00002-5     Document Type: Chapter

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