Urban low-carbon transitions: Cognitive barriers and opportunities

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 336-346

  Olazabal, Marta ^a,b   Pascual, Unai ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive dimension; Low carbon transitions; Q methodology; Sustainable urban transformation

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS; Q METHODOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSFORMATION; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84940855959     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.047     Document Type: Article

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