Constructing legitimacy for climate change planning: A study of local government in Denmark

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203-212

  Cashmore, Matthew ^a   Wejs, Anja ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change planning; Legitimacy; Local government; New institutional theory; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894328063     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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