Local climate mitigation and eco-efforts in housing and construction as transition places

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-198

  Holm, Jesper ^a   Stauning, Inger ^a   Søndergård, Bent ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate mitigation; Local governance; Local innovation; Socio technical experiments; Transition of construction and housing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING; INNOVATION;

EID: 79957626236     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.569     Document Type: Article

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