Who speaks for climate change in China? Evidence from Weibo

Climatic Change

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 413-422

  Liu, John Chung En ^a   Zhao, Bo ^b  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CHANGE AWARENESS; CLIMATE SCIENCE; GLOBAL THREATS; LOW-CARBON POLICIES; MICROBLOGGING; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; URBAN AREAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL MEDIA; URBAN AREA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85007256840     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1883-y     Document Type: Article

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