Mainstreaming action on climate change through participatory appraisal

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-259

  Weaver, Paul M ^a   Haxeltine, Alex ^b   van de Kerkhof, Marleen ^c   Tàbara, J David ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADAM; Adaptation; Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies; Climate change; Integrated Sustainability Assessment; ISA; MATISSE; Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment; Mitigation; Participatory appraisal; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047261301     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2006.012425     Document Type: Article

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