Sustainable drainage devices for carbon mitigation

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Warwick, Frank ^a   Charlesworth, Susanne ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Global climate change; Land drainage works; New development; Retrofit; Sustainable drainage; United Kingdom; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871518010     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831311291186     Document Type: Article

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