Local sustainable development and carbon neutrality in cities in developing and emerging countries

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-200

  Opschoor, Hans ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; low carbon cities; sustainable cities; urban development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; METABOLISM; MITIGATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79958714033     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.570800     Document Type: Article

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