Understanding local adoption and implementation of climate change mitigation policy

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-457

  Sharp, Elaine B ^a   Daley, Dorothy M ^a   Lynch, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; global environmental governance; local policy implementation; urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 79953722551     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087410392348     Document Type: Article

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