Climate change and Australian urban resilience: The limits of ecological modernization as an adaptive strategy

Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 136-154

  Byrne, Jason ^a   Gleeson, Brendan ^a   Howes, Michael ^a   Steele, Wendy ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79959635851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770156     Document Type: Chapter

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