Climate geoengineering: Issues of path-dependence and socio-technical lock-in

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 649-661

  Cairns, Rose C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK;

CARBON LOCK-IN; GEOENGINEERING; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; LOCK-IN; PATH DEPENDENCE; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TERMINATION EFFECT;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84906218461     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.296     Document Type: Review

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