The political economy of urban climate adaptation and development planning in Surat, India

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 281-298

  Chu, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change adaptation; development; governance; India; urban planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN PLANNING;

GUJARAT; INDIA; SURAT;

EID: 84959342014     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15614174     Document Type: Article

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