Grassroots Localisation? The Scalar Potential of and Limits of the 'Transition' Approach to Climate Change and Resource Constraint

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1423-1438

  North, Peter ^a   Longhurst, Noel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; MARKET SYSTEM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84876432274     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013480966     Document Type: Article

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