Urban experiments and climate change: securing zero carbon development in Bangalore

Contemporary Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-414

  Bulkeley, Harriet ^a   Castán Broto, Vanesa ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919677812     PISSN: 21582041     EISSN: 2158205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2012.692483     Document Type: Article

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