Assessing local land use planning's awareness, analysis, and actions for climate change

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-381

  Tang, Zhenghong ^a   Hussey, Christopher M ^a   Wei, Ting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Global warming; Land planning; Local economies; Sustainable development; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993035740     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568690911002898     Document Type: Article

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