Adopting Local Climate Policies: What Have California Cities Done and Why?

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 593-613

  Wang, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; California; city; climate action; mitigation; promise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878749498     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087412469348     Document Type: Article

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