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The early experiences of local climate change adaptation in Norwegian compared with that of local environmental policy, Local Agenda 21 and local climate change mitigation

Pages 579-595 | Received 13 Jul 2011, Accepted 03 Oct 2011, Published online: 02 Dec 2011

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