Lament for a network? Cities and networked climate governance in Canada

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 529-545

  Gordon, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; climate mitigation; environmental sustainability; governance networks; municipalities

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MITIGATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; MANITOBA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; WINNIPEG;

EID: 84969581251     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15614675     Document Type: Article

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