Linking futures across scales: A dialog on multiscale scenarios

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Biggs, Reinette ^a   Raudsepp Hearne, Ciara ^b   Atkinson Palombo, Carol ^c   Bohensky, Erin ^d,e   Boyd, Emily ^f   Cundill, Georgina ^g   Fox, Helen ^h   Ingram, Scott ^c   Kok, Kasper ⁱ   Spehar, Stephanie ^j   Tengö, Maria ^f   Timmer, Dagmar ^k   Zurek, Monika ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Resourceful Solutions Consulting   (Canada)

^l FAO ^*

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Author keywords

Cross scale scenarios; Environmental assessment; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Multiscale scenarios; Scenario analysis; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 34447333145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02051-120117     Document Type: Article

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