The Politics of Urban Climate Change Policy: Toward a Research Agenda

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 362-380

  Hughes, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; politics of policy; urban governance; urban policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014734624     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087416649756     Document Type: Article

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