Innovation and the Role of Collaborative Planning in Local Clean Energy Policy

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 377-390

  Pitt, Damian ^a   Bassett, Ellen ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Collaborative planning; Energy; Policy innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919846903     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1653     Document Type: Article

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