Opportunities and constraints for local and subnational climate change policy in urban areas: Insights from diverse contexts

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-53

  D'Almeida Martins, Rafael ^a   Da Costa Ferreira, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cities; Climate change; Climate change policy; Local action; Local governments; Meta analysis; Mitigation; Urban areas; Urban climate policy

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MEGACITY; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; URBAN SITE;

EID: 79957489991     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2011.040250     Document Type: Article

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