Coping with uncertainty: A call for a new science-policy forum

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Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 330-335

  Kinzig, Ann ^a   Starrett, David ^b   Arrow, Kenneth ^b   Aniyar, Sara ^b   Bolin, Bert ^b   Dasgupta, Partha ^b   Ehrlich, Paul ^b   Folke, Carl ^b   Hanemann, Michael ^b   Heal, Geoff ^b   Hoel, Michael ^b   Jansson, AnnMari ^b   Jansson, Bengt Owe ^b   Kautsky, Nils ^b   Levin, Simon ^b   Lubchenco, Jane ^b   Mäler, Karl Göran ^b   Pacala, Stephen W ^b   Schneider, Stephen H ^b   Siniscalco, Domenic ^b   Walker, Brian ^b   more..

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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POLICY MAKING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 10744224532     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.5.330     Document Type: Review

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