Why an air pollution achiever lags on climate policy? The case of local policy implementation in Mie, Japan

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1894-1909

  de Oliveira, Jose Antonio Puppim ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTONOMY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION POLICY; STATE ROLE;

JAPAN;

EID: 80052573243     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43240     Document Type: Article

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