Forms of Government and Climate Change Policies in US Cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 776-788

  Bae, Jungah ^a   Feiock, Richard ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874015129     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012450481     Document Type: Article

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