Elucidating the changing roles of civil society in urban sustainability transitions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-50

  Frantzeskaki, Niki ^a   Dumitru, Adina ^b   Anguelovski, Isabelle ^c   Avelino, Flor ^a   Bach, Matthew ^a   Best, Benjamin ^d   Binder, Constanze ^a   Barnes, Jake ^e   Carrus, Giuseppe ^f   Egermann, Markus ^g   Haxeltine, Alex ^h   Moore, Michele Lee ⁱ   Mira, Ricardo Garcia ^b   Loorbach, Derk ^a   Uzzell, David ^j   Omman, Ines ^k   Olsson, Per ^l   Silvestri, Giorgia ^a   Stedman, Richard ^m   Wittmayer, Julia ^a   Durrant, Rachel ^e   Rauschmayer, Felix ^k   more..

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^k HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^l STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^m Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL PROCESS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 85019602976     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.008     Document Type: Review

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