Reconceptualizing green infrastructure for climate change adaptation: Barriers to adoption and drivers for uptake by spatial planners

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-163

  Matthews, Tony ^a   Lo, Alex Y ^b   Byrne, Jason A ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Green infrastructure; Institutional innovation; Spatial planning; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

BARRIERS TO ADOPTION; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939999513     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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