A geographic approach to facilitating local climate governance: From emissions inventories to mitigation planning

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-85

  Hillmer Pegrama, Kevin C ^a,b   Howe, Peter D ^a   Greenberg, Howard ^a   Yarnal, Brent ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; Local scale; Mitigation plan; Universities

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; PLANNING PROCESS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82055185681     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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