Property Developers and Urban Adaptation: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives on Governance

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-24

  Taylor, Bruce M ^a   Harman, Ben P ^a   Heyenga, Sonja ^a   McAllister, Ryan R J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; developers; national survey; private sector; responsibility; roles; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859356698     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2011.639178     Document Type: Article

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