Enhancing Precision and Clarity in the Study of Policy Narratives: An Analysis of Climate and Air Issues in Delhi, India

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 420-441

  Weible, Christopher M ^a   Olofsson, Kristin L ^a   Costie, Daniel P ^a   Katz, Juniper M ^a   Heikkila, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; energy; policy narratives; pollution; urban studies

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; URBAN AREA;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84978034071     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12181     Document Type: Article

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