The politics of accountability in networked urban climate governance

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 82-100

  Gordon, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 84968572494     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00357     Document Type: Article

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