Climate change knowledge acquisition in Norway's municipalities

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-430

  Orderud, Geir Inge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Governance; Information networks; Municipalities; Norway

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84864533375     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568691111175696     Document Type: Article

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