Ain't about Politics? The Wicked Power-Geometry of Sydney's Greening Governance

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-399

  Acuto, Michele ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Global city; Power geometry; Sustainability; Sydney

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84857442953     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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