Climate action plan adoptions in the US states

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 375-393

  Yi, Hongtao ^a   Feiock, Richard C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate action plan; Climate economics; Climate politics; Risks

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; STATE ROLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938605238     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCCSM-02-2014-0019     Document Type: Article

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