Planning for low carbon cities: Reflection on the case of Broward County, Florida, USA

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 505-516

  Feliciano, Maribel ^a   Prosperi, David C ^b  

^a Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cities; Climate change; Energy; Energy efficiency; Florida; Greenhouse gases; Planning; Public policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BROWARD COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053323882     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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