Low-carbon Transitions and the Reconfiguration of Urban Infrastructure

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1471-1486

  Bulkeley, Harriet ^a   Castán Broto, Vanesa ^b   Maassen, Anne ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Eco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; energy; experiment; infrastructure; socio technical system; urban governance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MARGINALIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84899464035     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013500089     Document Type: Article

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