A climate of change: A transition approach for climate neutrality in the city of Ghent (Belgium)

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-121

  Nevens, Frank ^a   Roorda, Chris ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate neutrality; Sustainable citiest; Urban Transition Labs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888437495     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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