Urban living labs: governing urban sustainability transitions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-17

  Bulkeley, Harriet ^a   Coenen, Lars ^b,h   Frantzeskaki, Niki ^c   Hartmann, Christian ^d   Kronsell, Annica ^e   Mai, Lindsay ^a   Marvin, Simon ^f   McCormick, Kes ^g   van Steenbergen, Frank ^c   Voytenko Palgan, Yuliya ^g  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; REAL TIME; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 85015671673     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.02.003     Document Type: Review

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