Local Energy Transition and Multilevel Climate Governance: The Contrasted Experiences of Two Pioneer Cities (Hanover, Germany, and Växjö, Sweden)

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1378-1393

  Emelianoff, Cyria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Hanover; local climate governance; low carbon city; multilevel climate governance; urban energy transition; V xj

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN POLITICS;

GERMANY; HANNOVER; KRONOBERG; LOWER SAXONY; SWEDEN; VAXJO;

EID: 84899451721     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013500087     Document Type: Article

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