Networked urban climate governance: Neighborhood-scale residential solar energy systems and the example of Solarize Portland

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 858-875

  Aylett, Alex ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Sustainable Cities International   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy; Governance; Market transformation; Public participation; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; URBAN CLIMATE;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886864177     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c11304     Document Type: Article

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