Pathways to impact in local government: the mini-Stern review as evidence in policy making in the Leeds City Region

Policy Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 403-424

  Wesselink, Anna ^a   Gouldson, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evidence based policy making; Local government; Low carbon policy; Policy work

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING PRACTICE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING;

ENGLAND; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84912525754     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: 15730891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-014-9196-3     Document Type: Article

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