Social housing and low carbon transitions in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-97

  Broto, Vanesa Castán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bounded socio technical experiments; Climate change experiments; Energy vulnerability; Ljubljana; Low carbon transitions; Social housing

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOUSING POLICY; INNOVATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIAL HOUSING; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

LJUBLJANA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84865794370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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