Using expert judgment and stakeholder values to evaluate adaptive management options

Ecology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Failing, Lee ^a,b   Horn, Graham ^b   Higgins, Paul ^b  

^a Graham Long Compass Resource Management   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Decision analysis; Expert judgment; Hydroelectricity; Multi attribute evaluation; Multi stakeholder consultation; Risk management; Value of information

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STAKEHOLDER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4243114210     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00643-090113     Document Type: Article

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