Equity Impacts of Urban Land Use Planning for Climate Adaptation: Critical Perspectives from the Global North and South

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 333-348

  Anguelovski, Isabelle ^a,b   Shi, Linda ^c   Chu, Eric ^d   Gallagher, Daniel ^c   Goh, Kian ^e   Lamb, Zachary ^c   Reeve, Kara ^f   Teicher, Hannah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

climate adaptation; critical adaptation studies; environmental justice; land use planning; resilience planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986250472     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: 15526577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X16645166     Document Type: Article

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