Urban Growth and Climate Adaptation in Australia: Divergent Discourses and Implications for Policy-making

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-21

  Taylor, Bruce ^a   Wallington, Tabatha ^a   Heyenga, Sonja ^a   Harman, Ben ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84897560047     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013484529     Document Type: Article

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