“There is nothing political in it”: triggers of local political leaders’ engagement in climate adaptation

Local Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 855-873

  Hjerpe, Mattias ^a   Storbjörk, Sofie ^a   Alberth, Johan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; barriers; climate change; policy integration; politicians; priority

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84928807043     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.872092     Document Type: Article

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