Mainstreaming climate change adaptation at the local level

Local Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 408-423

  Rauken, Trude ^a   Mydske, Per Kristen ^b   Winsvold, Marte ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

climate change adaptation; local level government; mainstreaming; policy integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922221805     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.880412     Document Type: Article

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