Holding the future together: Towards a theorisation of the spaces and times of transition

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1607-1623

  Brown, Gavin ^a   Kraftl, Peter ^a   Pickerill, Jenny ^a   Upton, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commons; Policy transitions; Transition and transformation; Transition towns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATION STATE; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 84865181699     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44608     Document Type: Article

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