100 Unintended consequences of policies to improve the energy efficiency of the UK housing stock

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 340-352

  Shrubsole, C ^a   Macmillan, A ^a,b   Davies, M ^a   May, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Built environment; Climate change; Complexity; Housing; Policy; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901717095     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X14524586     Document Type: Article

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