If Cities Are the Solution, What Are the Problems?: The Promise and Perils of Urban Climate Leadership

The Urban Climate Challenge: Rethinking the Role of Cities in the Global Climate Regime

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 63-81

  Gordon, David ^a   Acuto, Michele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85145135628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315772981-10     Document Type: Chapter

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