Climate change performance measurement, control and accountability in English local authority areas

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1097-1118

  Cooper, Stuart ^a   Pearce, Graham ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Climate change; Control; Local government; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055056265     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571111184779     Document Type: Article

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