A decision inventory approach for improving decision support for climate change impact assessment and adaptation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 610-621

  Pyke, Christopher R ^a   Bierwagen, Britta G ^b   Furlow, John ^c   Gamble, Janet ^b   Johnson, Thomas ^b   Julius, Susan ^b   West, Jordan ^b  

^a CTG Energetics   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Climate change; Decision making; Decision support; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 35548968462     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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