Learning with local help: Expanding the dialogue on climate change and water management in the Okanagan Region, British Columbia, Canada

Climatic Change

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-358

  Cohen, Stewart ^a   Neilsen, Denise ^b   Smith, Scott ^b   Neale, Tina ^a   Taylor, Bill ^c   Barton, Mark ^c   Merritt, Wendy ^a,d   Alila, Younes ^a   Shepherd, Philippa ^a   McNeill, Roger ^c   Tansey, James ^a   Carmichael, Jeff ^a   Langsdale, Stacy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

FIELD RESEARCH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OKANAGAN VALLEY;

EID: 33744465552     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-6336-6     Document Type: Review

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