Barriers to municipal climate adaptation: Examples from coastal massachusetts smaller cities and towns

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-122

  Hamin, Elisabeth M ^a   Gurran, Nicole ^b   Emlinger, Ana Mesquita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; land use planning; municipal; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS; WORLD CITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907887930     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2014.949590     Document Type: Article

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