Barriers to climate change policy responses for urban areas: A study of Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-57

  Adu Boateng, Afua ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN AREA;

GHANA; NORTHERN REGION [GHANA]; TAMALE;

EID: 84924666923     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.02.001     Document Type: Review

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