The role for 'community' in carbon governance

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 777-782

  Walker, Gordon ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON REDUCTION; COMMUNITY IS; COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGIES; COMMUNITY-BASED; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INNOVATIONS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 80052235324     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.137     Document Type: Article

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