Cities in transition: Transforming urban centers from hotbeds of GHG emissions and vulnerability to seedbeds of sustainability and resilience. Introduction and Editorial overview

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Romero Lankao, Patricia ^a   Dodman, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

EAST AFRICA; EUROPE;

EID: 79955613212     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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