Experimenting towards a low-carbon city: Policy evolution and nested structure of innovation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 174, Issue , 2018, Pages 201-212

  Peng, Yuan ^a   Bai, Xuemei ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cities and climate change; Enabling mechanisms; Low carbon city; Low carbon policy; Nested structure of innovation; Sustainability experiment

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; LOW-CARBON CITIES; LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT; LOW-CARBON INITIATIVES; LOW-CARBON POLICIES; LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS; MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE; NESTED STRUCTURES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 85038815035     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.116     Document Type: Article

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