Adaptation to climate change in urban areas: Climate-greening London, Rotterdam, and Toronto

Climate Law

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-280

  Mees, Heleen Lydeke P ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85142495487     PISSN: 18786553     EISSN: 18786561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/cl-2011-036     Document Type: Article

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