How the grass became greener in the city: On urban imaginings and practices of sustainable living in Sweden

City and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-134

  Isenhour, Cindy ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological modernization; Knowledge construction; Power; Sustainability; Sweden; Technology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GRASS; GREENSPACE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 83455200395     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2011.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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