Resilient local government and climate change interventions in the UK

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Shaw, Keith ^a   Theobald, Kate ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Local government; Organisational development; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MITIGATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC SPENDING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79751481612     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.544296     Document Type: Article

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