Decentralization of governance in the low-carbon transition

Handbook on Energy and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 581-597

  Eyre, Nick ^a  

^a ORIEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85039554672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857933690.00038     Document Type: Chapter

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