The 'eco-cities' Freiburg and Graz: The social dynamics of pioneering urban energy and climate governance

Cities and Low Carbon Transitions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 88-106

  Späth, Philipp ^b   Rohracher, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b NONE

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EID: 84918937605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203839249     Document Type: Chapter

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