Negotiating a Mainstreaming Spectrum: Climate Change Response and Communication in the Carolinas

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-94

  Haywood, Benjamin Kent ^a,b   Brennan, Amanda ^b   Dow, Kirstin ^a,b   Kettle, Nathan P ^c   Lackstrom, Kirsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments   (United States)

^c Alaska Climate Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change response; communication frames; mainstreaming; North Carolina; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893975946     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2013.817948     Document Type: Article

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