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Tony Matthews and Jason Byrne

Pace of renewables shift leaves city planners struggling to keep up

August 17, 2017 by Tony Matthews and Jason Byrne Leave a Comment

Responding to climate change, networks of decision-makers, such as the C40 collective of major cities, have begun adopting strategies to promote the uptake of renewable energy. Yet land use planning has seemingly begun to lag behind.

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