The urban governance of climate change : a comparative socio-institutional analysis of transformative urban responses to climate change in Durban (South Africa) and Portland (OR, USA)

This dissertation investigates the socio-political dynamics of urban attempts to address climate change in a systemic, rather than project-based or piecemeal, fashion. It focuses on the actions of both municipal and civil-society actors, as well as their interactions through formal and informa...

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Main Author: Aylett, Alexander C.E.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39850