Life support: The political ecology of urban air

City

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 192-215

  Graham, Stephen ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air conditioning; air pollution; heat islands; political ecology; urban air

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926296882     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2015.1014710     Document Type: Article

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