Who governs climate adaptation? Getting green roofs for stormwater retention off the ground

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 802-825

  Mees, Heleen L P ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^a   Runhaar, Hens A C ^a   Stamatelos, Jennifer ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cities; climate adaptation; governance arrangements; green roofs; responsibilities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; ROOF; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84878967868     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.706600     Document Type: Article

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