An assessment of the greenhouse gas reducing activities being implemented in US cities

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-211

  Krause, Rachel Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate protection; GHG mitigation; Implementation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; POLLUTION POLICY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957577352     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.562491     Document Type: Article

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