Experimental governance for low-carbon buildings and cities: Value and limits of local action networks

Cities

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  van der Heijden, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action networks; Experimental governance; Low carbon development and transformation; Scalability; Urban environmental governance

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CARBON EMISSION; CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; NATION STATE; POLICY MAKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954501755     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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