Urban responses to climate change: Theories and governance practice in cities of the global south

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1865-1878

  Heinrichs, Dirk ^a   Krellenberg, Kerstin ^b   Fragkias, Michail ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Bogot ; Delhi; Ecological security; Global South; Santiago de Chile; Urban Climate Response; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; VULNERABILITY;

BOGOTA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; DELHI; INDIA; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 84886307406     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12031     Document Type: Article

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