Adoption of the low carbon society policy in locally-governed urban areas: experience from Thai municipalities

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1255-1275

  Chomaitong, Surawut ^a   Perera, Ranjith ^a,b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Barrier; Climate change mitigation; Driver; Local government; Low Carbon Society; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION CONSTRAINT; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CARBON EMISSION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA;

THAILAND;

EID: 84911982078     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9472-0     Document Type: Article

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