Sub-state Climate Pioneers: The Case of Scotland

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-85

  McEwen, Nicola ^a   Bomberg, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate pioneer; energy; Scotland; subnational; territorial

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893748103     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2013.820182     Document Type: Article

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