Discourses of carbon neutrality and imaginaries of urban futures

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 174-181

  Tozer, Laura ^a   Klenk, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon governance; Discourse analysis; Sociotechnical imaginaries; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032378201     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.017     Document Type: Article

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