Planning for low-carbon communities in US cities: A participatory process model between academic institutions, local governments and communities in Colorado

Carbon Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-411

  Ramaswami, Anu ^a   Main, Deborah ^a   Bernard, Meghan ^a   Chavez, Abel ^a   Davis, Anita ^a   Thomas, Gregg ^b   Schnoor, Kathy ^c  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Health ^*  (United States)

^c Environmental Services Superintendent   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; ACTION PLAN; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DATA SETS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOW-CARBON; OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; POST-NORMAL SCIENCE; PROCESS MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL DATA;

RESEARCH;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052084067     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.11.34     Document Type: Article

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